ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 December 1930, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S.

FINAL SCREENING,

: Sherlock Holmeo has become sd fafpoue as the result ,of the stories by Sir Arthur Couan Doyle, that many people tfiijik‘'bf. hiin as a .reftlify.l'trhe he will ever come to that, is when Clive Brook as Sherlock Holmes solves one' of the most baffling of modern mysteries in the Paramount all-talkifig picture, ‘‘The Return of. Sherlock Holmes,” which is being finally presented at Everybody’s Theatre, New Plymouth, to-night.,, Betty Dawfopi, Phillip Holmes and Donald Crispe have, important roles in this production. There is a fine supporting programme. \- ’ ’■.. - “Let§ Go Places,” Fox all-talking production, will head the change of programme commencing to-morrow at Everybody’s at 2 and 8 p.m. Amusing in its swift-moving story and containing many glittering scenes, the productioii is of a different type from anything yet appearing on' the vocal seteen, and is’as diverting as it is funny,andtuneful. Joseph Wagstaff and Lpla share : the leading honours with Frank Richardson,. Dixie Lee, Charles Judels, White? Catlett, SharOn Lynn and llka Chase, all. of whom render outstanding, performances. Both; the song numbers-' and. the ballet, sequences are distinctive qhd delightful:while Frank Strayer’s direction and William ,K. Wells’ story and dialogue also contribute to the film’s effectiveness.

' THE ,■ t FAMILY NIGHT TO-NIGHT.

“Song of the West,” now shoeing nightly at The Regent, New Plymouth; is a story Of covered waggon days, from the beginning of. the trek of a waggon train,: accompanied by a troop of soldiers from Fort Independence, across the Sierras with their 'snow-capped peaks and great wilderness of space to California, the land of gold, of. brawling mining cainps, of Safi Francisco, of the Golden Gate, in the of the Vigi; lantes. It is an epic of colour, and through it runs every moment a -tremendous drama, enacted on the plains, under the stars, around campfires, with the waggon train, and in the gambling halls of the roaring days of ’49. Tlie cast of “Song of the West” includes. John Boles, Vivienne Segal, Joe E. Brown, Marie Wells, Sam Hardy, Marion Byron, Eddie Gribbon, Ed. Martiiidel, Rudolph Cameron and a chorus of on© hundred voices. It is adapted by Harvey Thew from the operetta “Rainbow” by Laurence Stallings and Oscar Kammerstein 11. There will be a matinee to-morrow at 2 p.m. ' . INGLEWOOD TALKIES. “UNDERTOW” TO-MORROW. The dramatic highlight of her entire career. Such is the achievement of beautiful, exotic Mary Nolan in “Undertow,” the Universal special production which will be screeened to-morrow evening. Besides the incomparable Mary Nolan, “Undertow” includes in its cast Johnny Mack Brown, the former national gridiron star, who is fast becoming one of the mo§t popular leading men in America. The picture, ah all-talki6, of course, was directed by Harry Pollard, the niaster megaphonist, who made, the SCi'eA’ sensation of Hie decade, ‘‘Show Boat.” z