ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1931, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

THE REGENT. “LAUGHING LADY” FINALLY. i„ . , “The Laughing Lady,” which has proved very popular with local audiences, will be finally presented at the Regent, New Plymouth, to-night. Ruth Chatter- i ton and Clive Brook head the cast in , this dashing, daring story of divorce and high society life. There is a good supporting programme. ALF’S BUTTON TO-MORROW. W. Darlington’s famous cockney story, “Alf’s Button,” will commence a season of three matinees and three nights at the Regent to-morrow (Saturday) as a 100 per cent, talking picture. “Alf’s Button” really sets down the adventures of Private Alf Higgins (his mother called him ’lggins) and his pal, Bill Grant. The fun of the piece really commences when an irate officer orders Alf to polish his tunic buttons. Alf, in the course of' a brisk rub, discovers, to his dismay, that one of his buttons is a veritable Aladdin’s Lamp. Whenever Alf rubs the button (and that’s often) up pops a.perfectly respectable “spook” on-whom Alf decided to bestow the good old English name of Eustace. So long as Alf re- ' mains in possession of the magic button Eustace is pledged to do his bidding. Tubby Edlin, Alf Goddard and Polly Ward head the cast in this hilarious British comedy drama, which is also the first British production to feature scenes: in iechnicolour. OPERA HOUSE. "THE BLACK WATCH.” Romance, adventure, intrigue and lov« crowd every breathless moment of “The. Bladk Watch,” John Ford’s production for Fox Films featuring Victor Me-Laglen,-which comes to the New Plymouth Opera House to-morrow (Saturday) night. In “The Black Watch” MeLaglen is cast as a government secret - service agent, and a gorgeous plot, centring about a love duel with an exotic adventuress of ageless Asia, lifts one from mystery to suspense, suspense to thrills, and thrills to ecstasy. Myrna Loy, playing opposite the star, is beautiful and seductive, wanton and cruel, proud and ambitious, a woman who 9 played at love, won and lost, and to the end staked an empire on a kiss. It is the richest role she has ever had, and reports, indicate -that she has made a lasting name for herself. John Ford has assembled a distinguished cast, which includes many well . known players, among them David Rollins, Roy D’Arcy, Lumsden Hare, Mitchell Lewis, Cyril Chadwick, Francis Ford and Walter Long. The supports will include Fox -"< News, "Below the Equator”’ (variety), and “Riders of the Purple Cows” (comedy). . . ’ !

EVERYBODY’S. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF GUY MENZIES TO-NIGHT. Providing weather conditions permit, of his arrival this afternoon, an event of interest at Everybody’s, New- Plymouth; to-night will be the personal appearance on the stage of Guy Menzies, the hero . of the Tasman flight. Screening finally will be the two'' all-talking attractions, . “You,ng Nowheres,” starring Richard. Barthejmesp aflfl’ Marion Nixon, and- “ The Hottemtdt,”. the laugh-a-minute comedy featuring Edward. Everett Horton and Patsy' Ruth Miller. A Movietone News introduces, the COMMENCING TO-MORROW. TWO BRITISH SUPER FILMS. Something special iu the way of aH- > British phqtoplays will commence a se4^>U' of lour matinees and four nights at’Everybody’s to-morrow: '(Saturday) at fl Mh a P d 8 P- m - is a double bill, and it was presented in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch it created record attendances.’ “Not So Quiet on the Western Front” is presented, first, and baa at the head of its cast Leslie Fuller, London’s favourite comedian.. It is a hilarious burlesque of war time, full of dancing, singing and comedians. The story opens in the kit-' chen of a fashionable London restaurant. The chefs are aN f.ejf-apbjiers of a .certain company who fought together at the front. A flashback takes th« audi ‘ ence to'the little cafe at the front, and. the scenes that folioware op? roaring riot of fun. The' second picture, “Loose Ends,” is a brilliant adaptation of the famous stage success by son Tctheridge. It represents pqwe^fpjj drama of a sophisticated sort, depicting life in the London of to-day ip a manner calculated to hold the attention from start to finish. Vjylep Nares and Edna,Best head a flne past of British stars, among whom are Jlpnald Calthrop, Adrienne Allen, Miles Mander and. Sybil Arundaie. It can truly be said that the combination of these two British pictures presents a standard of entertainment rarely witnessed in the Dominion.