ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 26 September 1930, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

DUMB FOR 13 YEARS. NOW SPEAKS. “ALL QUIET” CURES EX-SOLDIER. An unexpected tribute to the remarkable realism of “All Quiet on the Western Front” is to be found in an incident which happened at a recent London performance. After having been dumb for 13 years as a result of war injuries, a Birmingham ex-soldier, named Ernest Sullivan, recovered his speech in remarkable fashion after attending a performance of the Great .War talkie at the Alhambra Theatre, states the Sunday Chronicle. During the third battle of Ypres, in 1917. Mr. Sullivan was badly injured, and lost the power of speech. Specialists had assured him that his case was hopeless, but during the running through of the picture the continual bombardment and shelling over lines suddenly reacted with sufficient shock to bring back the power of speech to Sullivan. “All Quiet on the Western Front” contains scenes which remain permanently etched upon the memory; scenes that no man or woman should miss! “All Quiet” will be screened for the last time at Everybody's to-day at 2 p.m. and to-night at 7.45 p.m. “NO, NO, NANETTE.” The screen production of “No, No, Nanc’tte,” which opens at Everybody’s to-morrow at 2 p.m. and 7.45 p.m., will contain song hits from the original stage show as well as many new numbers which have already attained great popularity since the recent release of this colourful First National picture. “Tea For Two” and “I Want To Be Happy,” from the footlight production will be heard in the Vitaphoue edition, sung by a chorus of 150 and the two featured leads,. Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray. • These two songs were among th,e country’s best sellers when “No, No, Nanette” was having its sensational success on Broadway. The big number of the picture, however, is “King of the Air,” by Eddie Ward and Al Bryan, one of Hollywood’s most harmonious song-writing teams. Three other numbers based- on lavish scenes in the film- are “Dancing on Mars,” by Michael H. Cleary, New Washington and Herb Magidson; “The Japanese Ballet,” by M. Jerome and Herman Ruby; and* “The Dance of the Wooden Shoes,” by Cleary, Washington and Magidson. Four- of the big. sequences —the Holland, Japan, New York, and \Mars episodes—each cost more than the entire original stage production. The cast of noted players includes Lucien Littlefield, Louise Fazenda, Lilyan Tashman, Bert Roach and Zasu Pitts. THE REGENT. FAMILY NIGHT TO-NIGHT. “Mister Antonio,” starring the famous stage star Leo Carrillo, will be finally presented at The Regent to-night. “Mister Antonio” is from the novel by Booth Tarkington and is a very amusing comedy-drama. Virginia Valli appears in the leading feminine role. “Mister Antonio” is preceded by a fine supporting bill. TO-MORRO W’S PROGRAMME. Two big all-talking features will be presented on the new programme at The Regent commencing to-morrow at 2 and 7.45 p.m. The first one to be screened will be “The Mounted Stranger,” a thrilling adventure romance of the Rio Grande with Hoot Gibson in the featured role. The second picture is “Seven Keys to Baldpate,” the picture that Douglas McLean made famous as a silent film. It is a hundred percent. talkie mystery thriller, with Richard Dix as the principal. Thrills, suspense, mystery, and romance are some of the highlights. The eerie, shadows of Baldpate Inn, the howling of the wind outside, and the ominous sound of seven keys turning one by one, in the lock of the tavern door, all create an atmosphere of mystery. William Holowell Magee, writer of mystery thrillers, wagers that he can produce a complete •novel in 24 hours if given a place of absolute quiet. Bentley suggests, Baldpate Inn. At niidnight, Magee, roaches the door of Baldpate Inn. Air. and jars. Quimby, the caretakers, welcome him, and then leave, assuring him that he has the only key to Baldpate in existence. Magee has no sooner settled down to work than a second key turns in the lock. The night is a procession of ghosts, crooks,, killers, and madmen, with dangers doubled by the arrival of Mary Norton, who has been assigned by her paper to get the story of the wager. As dawn arrives Magee finally corrals the gang, but the weird events of the night have driven him to the point of collapse. Bentley arrives unexpectedly and Magee points to his prisoners. Suddenly they all laugh, and Bentley explains. It i smidnight. Mage-- rises from the chair, stretches leisurely, and then gathers up the scattered pages of his manuscript. He has completed his novel and won the wager. The title is “Seven Keys to Baldpate,” and the drama unrolled is the story as Alagee wrote it. INGLEWOOD TALKIES. To-morrow night’s picture is a Universal all-talking production “Senor Americano,” starring Ken Maynard. The story relates an adventurous tale of glamourous Southern California in which he is seen as a young cavalry officer serving both his country andthe peaceful honourable inhabitants of Southern California who are beset by hordes of renegades. His leading lady is beautiful Kathryn Crawford, who appears to perfection in her Spanish Californian part. The film, which is packed with action from start to finish, shows to advantage Maynard on his horse “Tarzan” performing the daring riding stunts that have won him international fame. Supports include the popular pranks of “Mickey the. Mouse.”