ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 14 November 1930, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

THE REGENT. FAMILY NIGHT TO-NIGHT. Trapped in a erippled ■ submarine 95 < feet below tho surface —with water slowly entering through an inaccessible leak, and tho torpedo tubes, the only avenues of- escape, fouled by the collision which sent the vessel to j:he bottom —is the ■ perilous situation confronting the players in “Adventures of SIS,” John Ford’s dramatic sensation finally showing at The Regent, New Plymouth, to-night. The cast of this lox Movietone feature is headed by Kenneth Mac Kenna, Frank Albertson, Farrell Macdonald, Walter McGrail, Paul Page, Warren Hymer,. Stuart Erwin and other screen favourites. A good supporting programme includes the first 'cricket Test, England y. Australia. ' ' ■ “CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD.” The immortal, march of tlie men of Marseilles is one of the most dramatic highlights of history, and in the Uni-j versal all-sound musical romance “Captain of the Guard,” commencing at The t Regent to morrow at 2 and 8 pan., this - heroic march is- - shown in, all of its gripping immensity. It was this hand- . ful of nondescript heroes which turned the tide of battle in the Revolution from defeat to victory for the revolutionists, and the manner in which they fought and won is depicted with startling.realism in the tremendous conflict shown in. picture.' Only 500 strong, they marched from their home, Marseilles, in the South of France, clear to Paris, arriving just in the nick of time to hurl themselves into tho fray. They gaie new courage to their comrades who were being thrown back by the King’s armies,, and such was their indomitable spirit, :■ even after their forced march, that the day was theirs. Such is the climax of •■‘Captain of the Guard,”—a climax which - , is approached through one jof th® most romantic, one of the most appealing love stories ever filmed. This beautiful romance is between Laura La Plante and Join: Boles, who are co-starred in the pictlire, during the course of which Boles’ golden voice is heard in five entirely new songs, written especially for the picture by Charles Wakefield Cadman, America’s favourite composer. Sam de Grasse, James Marcus, Lionel ’ Belmore, Stuart Holmes, Evelyn Hall, Claude Fleming, George Hackathorne and others t are in the notable cast. EVERYBODY’S. ' . ...'■l' ' _■ ■ “The Lost Zeppelin,”! the 'big alltalking special dealing with romance and thrilling adventures in the Antarctic regions, wi n oo finally presented at Everybody’s, New Plymouth, to-night. Heading the cast in this production are Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli and Ricardo Cortez. The story.was written by Jack Natteford and Francis Hyland and the dialogue by Charles Kenyon, author of “Kindling.” It is a Cinema Art Films* ’ release. An exceptionally fine supporting programme includes the first cricket Test, England v. Australia. ' : ‘‘THIS MAD WORLD.” “This Mad World,” starring Basil' i Rathbone and Kay Johnson, will head the- new programme at Everybody’s commencing to-morrow at 2 and S p.m. It deals with a phase of the World War rather , than with actual military operations, the drama being based on an emotional crisis brought about as the result of a meeting-between a French spy and i the wife ,of a German general who is billeted in the home of the spy’s mother on German occupied territory. When Victoria, the general’s wife (played 'by ' Miss Johnson), discovers Paul Parisot (Rathbone) to be in the employ of the French Secret Service-she determines tpreveal his identity. Paul believes he will have to put her out of the way in order to carry out his plans, and follows her as she leaves the house to go to the German headquarters. Catching upfwith her, he lures her to a ruined Chateau nearby with murderous intentions, but here fate takes a hand and Paul falls in love with the beautiful Victoria. From this point on the story deals with the tragic conflict between love and patriotism and is said to conclude with a totally unexpected but logical climax. INGLEWOOD TALKIES. “Darkened Rooms” opens to-morrow at the Town Hall. In this talkie which is based on a very popular novel by Sir Philip Gibbs, Miss Brent plays the chorus girl who inveigled into a job as a “medium”' by Neil Hamilton, practitioner of the art of applied fake mystery. Her love for the handsome Neil incites Miss Brent to drastic measures for reforming him. By a cleverly staged mystery exhibition of her own, she manages to bring Hamilton to his senses. The picture affords' many tense moments and many breath-taking . thrills. A beautiful thread of x’omance i<s woven into the plot, and there is & plentiful sprinkling of clever comedy. -