ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1930, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

i EVERYBODY’S, ' - “THE. ZIEGFELD FELLIES.” ‘f-Tlte Ziegfeld Follies,” , showing at Everybody’s,' .New Plymouth, to-night and to-nidrrow night,. is .produced in all the . gorgeous 'splendour that onewoiild expect 'from any ■ production, stage or. screen, ' bearing the magis name of Florenz ...Ziegfeld. With many of its spec-, taele. scenes . reproduced in full colours by the improved technicolour process, with : scores of stunningly beautiful . girls in the dancing ensembles, with lavish settings, with:- comedy, drama and a, heart-gripping'; story, this moving panoraiha of -womanly pulchritude, moves acrors ’the silver screen in a continual parade Of’ highly 'absorbing amusement. Mary - 'Eaton, -daricing star of Ziegfeld shows on Broadway, and lately the-lead-; ing vyoman-in -“The .Cocoanuts,”., with the Epur.Alatx.; .Brothers on the screen, is the ;am'bitibus.young dancer ivhd finally; makes gppd and ..becomes,, a glorified beauty with Ziegfeld following a series of glamorous, experiences. She is adequately supported, by 'Dan . Healy, Edward Crandall. Olivo Shea, Kaye Renard’ and Sarah Edwards—all of them - wellknown Broadway performers. In a special revue scene—a show within the big show—audiences are treated to the inimitable performances of Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan and Rudy Vallee. It is all too gorgeous to attempt a description in this limited space. But it is a safe bet that anyone who sees it will be a Ziegfeld fan from then on. It is perfectly marvellous entertainment. The supporting programme will include “Fining Pioneers”, (vocal novelty). “The Plasterers” (comedy) and M. Aida. Domnelli (operatic soprano). . r y - ' " . ” ‘ ■■.' < HAROLD LLOYD TALKIE. <

Harold Lloyd,. who is recognised all over the world as, a past, master at putting thrills On the screen, outdoes himself' in his first all-talking Paramount release; “Welcome .Danger,’’ which commepeek at, Everybody’s on Saturday next with aimonster matinee at 2 p.m. and an evening performance at 8. Underground Chznatowji iii San Francisco.provides the setting?- f6r.'the happenings which are ■guaranteed to send chills facing through the--blood, of even the, most anaemic picture,, fan. .'.When “Welcome Danger”, was; first previewed as a 100 per cent, sound and dialogue picture, in a small town -outside of Los Angeles, the audience', virtually yelled its response to the .thnlliiig action. Not since Lloyd’s memorable climb up the face Of a twelve storey building in “Safety Last,” has •an audience visibly reacted to one of his pictures as it did to the preview of Danger.” It’s a different kind of a thrill one' gets in the first Lloyd all-talkie, however. The circulatory system increases its speed every time Lloyd moves in the underground Chinatown scenes,; and the heart responds frequently to the number of classic romance scenes between the bespectacled comedian and his new leading lady, Barbara Kent, in other portions of the picture. Lloyd has the habit of making his gags appear plausible, and in “Welcome, Danger” he has his audience fighting' with* him, through "every foot of the smashing finish, so sincere is the action and setting. THE REGENT. P. FREDERICK IN “EVIDENCE.” Men have been hanged, women have been disgraced, homes have been broken, through . circumstantial evidence—that false guide that so often appears to be ■positive proof. Faith in this kind of evidence threatens to ruin the lives of three people, Lord Cyril Wimborne, his wife, Myra Stanhope and their son, Kenny, in the story of ‘"‘Evidence,” Warner Brothers and Vitaphone alltalking, picture, showing now at the Regent Theatre, New Plymouth. Pauline Frederick is starred in the role of Myra Stanhope with a featured cast that includes William Courtenay, Conway Tearlej Lowell Sherman, Madeline Seymore,, Lionel Belmore, Ivan Simpson, Myrna Loy, Alee B. Francis and Freddie Burke Frederick. The supporting programme includes Dick Rich and his orehesti , Pathe Sound News, Rosa Raisa (operatic contralto), Bell and Coates (vocal duo) and “The Swell Head” (comedy).