ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1930, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

•the regent. matinee TO-DAY 2 P.M. The impression gained at a special screening- of the film “Flight,” at the Recent Theatre, New Plymouth, where it will be shown to-day at 2 p.m. and to-night at 8, was that it was one one of the most impressive aerial stories ■that the screen has ever known. That is saying a good deal, for producers liavd been awake to the fact that stories. of airmen and. their ’planes lend themselves to the making of wonderful pictures., “Wings” was one of the first great air stories, and it paved the way with a very powerful story indeed. Thia Jime, in “Flight,” there, is an all-talkie air thriller with a plot just as intense and thrilling as that of “Wings,” with the additional advantage that the characters talk all through, and their dialogue,- good dialogue, is with the picture all the time. There is a combination of interests in this picture which make it unusual. There is the humour of the United States Marine Air Force, which has, in common with all military bodies the world over, the merit that it is quick and to the point. There is.the love of two men for one woman, and their love for each other, which the first cannot break. There is the intense excitement of combat, the rather pathetic but wholly wonderful bravery dhown in a hopeless position. There is the wonderful stunt flying, and the peerless photography, Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Lila Lee are the featured players. A Fox Movietone News will open the programme. NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE. TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMME. ’ Regarding “The First Kiss,” showing at the New Plymouth Opera House tonight, the Film Weekly says: “One of those smaller pictures the charm of , which will linger for days. The water .scenes, shot, in Maryland, are things of beauty and worth seeing for themselves alone. Slim Gary Cooper presents u s with a perfectly rounded portrait of the single-minded youth, descendant, of the debadent branch of a noble family { in Mulligan Talbot, who determines to retrieve the family honour and fortunes. That in the pursuit of this aim the probabilities are somewhat outraged, is granted, but who cares while following up the absorbing evolution of Mulligan’s three brothers (Lane Chandler, Leslie Fenton and Paul Fix) from illiterate, ragged wasters to wellgroomed professional -gentlemen, all through the self-sacrifice of Mulligan, who has become a “river pirate of the Chesapeake of evil fame” in order to provide the wherewithal for their “schoolin’” albeit he later repays the enforced “loans”, with rigid honesty. Fay Wray is the loyal, intelligent little , “mate” who loves .Mulligan and is clever enough to get him. out of his worst fix. The acting all round is of a technically superior character and the film cannot but be The supports will include Ovenseas News, Australian - Scenic, Krazy Cat Cartoon, Australian Gazette, “Hot Sparks” (tworeel comedy), and the Opera House orchestra.

EVERYBODY’S TALKIES. MATINEE TO-DAY 2 P.M. When two women and a man find their happiness entangled, and two of them, their honour jeopardised, and the name of their son in the balance, the web of tragedy, which is woven is in consequence, great. - Such is the dramatic note which sounds in the Cinema Art Films’ all-talking picture “Woman to Woman,” which comes to Everybody’s talkies to-day at 2 p.m. and 8 p ; m* The eternal triangle again, but who is the most important.' party? Which one deserves the happiness? In “Woman to Woman,”. the three members of the eternal triangle are played by Betty Compson, George Barraud and Juliette* Compton. Barraud is seen as the. young British officer, who, when on leave in France, meets and falls in love with a pretty dancer. He promises to come back to marry her, but is called to action where he is injured in. the trenches.- His memory gone, he returns ' to England, where he marries another woman. Years later he meets the dan- ' cer, and his memory revives. From then on there is an entanglement, into which many tensely dramatic sequences are interwoven. Betty Compson plays, the role of the charming little French dancer, and stresses her vocal ability in the many songs which are sung by her. Juliette Compton, one of the screen’s most accomplished artistes, plays the part of the wife. The supports will Include Fox Movietone ; News, Audio Review, Dale Smith (English baritone), and “Musical Moments” (interlude of song and dance). THE OPERA “OBERON.” ■ CHORAL. SOCIETY’S VENTURE.' To mark the tenth year of- its existence, the New Plymouth Choral . Society has arranged a very fine series of subscription concerts, the first of which will be given at the Empire Theatre on Tuesday, when Weber’s opera “Oberon” will be presented with a large choir and orchestra and a very strong cast of principals. ’A brilliant work, “Oberon,” contains some very popular melodies, and an" overture that Is played by orchestras all over the world. The* work will be given in its entirety, and the enterprise of the society in offering this class of concert to the public of the district deserves generous support,’ as no other opportunity of hearing this class of work is. given by any other society in the province. ■lt is a delightful fairy story containing the characters of Oberon, Puck and the Mermaid, and choruses of fairies, sprites and nymphs. The orchestral work is brilliant and forms a striking background for the singing as well as having many parts distinctly to itself. The work has created the greatest enthusiasm among the members of the choir and orchestra during its preparation, and the public may confidently look forward to a first-rate concert. The soloists will be Madame Vita Cornwall, Mrs. Ashley B. Macdonald, Messrs. Arthur H. Ripley (Auckland), Edwin Dennis (Wellington) a nd Harold Ackroyd (Hawera). The box plan is at Collier's. WAITARA TALKIES. -“MARRIED IN HOLLYWOOD.” Noveltv set to music, and delightful mtiijic. that's .the keynote of “Married In • Hollywood,”- the screen’s first orig-

inal operetta, which makes its bow to local audiences to-morrow afternoon at the Theatre Royal, Waitara. Oscar Straus and Dave Stamper composed the notable tunes which lift this production, artistically, far out of the ordinary class we hear. A charming romance between an American girl and a Balkan prince, gorgeous settings in Vienna and Hollywood, and on the high seas, and a noteworthy cast are other important factors. A fantastic dream sequence, many amazing camera “angles,” and moving scenes, delicious satire and dialogue, delightful situations, songs and speech in' half a dozen 1. iguagee, a perfection of sound record ; ing never before approached—-these all aid in making the picture one of the finest pieces of film entertainment in history. Norma Terris and J. Harold Murray head the noteworthy cast, with Tom Patricola, "Walter Catlett, Delia Karnelly, John Garrick, Irene Palasty and other stage celebrities adding much to the production. Marcel Silver directed —and directed ■ remarkably. Lewis Stone, Belle Bennett- and many other favourites appear with Norma Shearer in her newest Metro-Goldwyri-Mayer all-talking picture, “Their Own Desire,” which will be screened at the Theatre Royal; Waitara. next Tuesday. The alltalking drama of the dare-devils of the air, “Flight,” will be the attraction for Thursday.