ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1931, Page 11

ENTERTAINMENTS

THE REGENT. MATINEE 2 P.M. TO-DAY. When a red-blooded, he-man sort of film play, crammed with action and adventure, also contains one of the most unusual love stories ever brought to the screen the combination is hard to beat! I That’s exactly tho sort of picture “Rough Romance,” is said to be. It will commence at The Regent, New Plymouth, to-day at 2 and 7.45 p.m. Helen Chandler, heroine of “The Sky Hawk,” plays tho wistful, courageous little Mania Reynolds of the film, who falls in love with George O’Brien, a dashing young lumberjack. How Miss Chandler “gets her man” proves quite as interesting to watch as the. efforts of the sheriff to get his, who happens to be the suavely ' sinister Antonio Moreno. “Rough Romance” was filmed almost in its entirety in the foothills of the Cascade Range in Washington on the slopes of Mount Rainier; a country internationally famous for its beauty. Also showing will be Fox Movietone News, Audio Review, “Bugville Romance” (cartoon), “Three Aces” (Sportlight) and “Black Narcissus” (comedy). “Finger Prints” (chapter eight) will be screened at tho matinee only. EVERYBODY’S. MATINEE TO-DAY 2 P.M. Ono of the outstanding Screen treats of the season will commence a season at Everybody’s, New Plymouth, to-day at 2 and 7.45 p.m. It is “Escape,” talking picture version of John Galsworthy s notable drama. The play, produced yvith outstanding success in London and New York, was lauded as one of the most brilliant contributions tho stage had received in years. Presenting a theme of wide appeal, carrying a story that moves along at a rapid rate and reaches a powerful dramatic climax, “Escape” is unusually well adapted for screen treatment. Basil Dean, noted stage and screen director, produced and directed the picture. He assembled a superb cast of competent players, many of whom have been seen in previous Galswoithy plays. Gerald du Maurier, in the leading role as Matt Denant, played the part in the original London stage version. He is recognised as the most popular and capable actor on tho English stage today. Other featured roles were played by a number of widely known stage and screen stars, including Mabel Poulton, Edna Best, lan Hunter, Austin Trevor and Madeleine Carrol. The supporting programme will include Paramount News, “Toby the Miner” (cartoon), “Humanette” (novelty), “Glories of Spain” (Vagabond travelogue) and “Broken Wedding Bells” (comedy). OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT. “ALL QUIET ONV7ESTERN FRONT.” “AH Quiet on the Western Front,” Universal’s epic all talking production, will play a return season of one night only at the New Plymouth Opera House to-night (Saturday). This unusual picture, one of the -greatest war pictures ever made, docs not tell a story in the ordinary sense of that word. But it does indicate a larger story, the story of a nation in its reaction to the horrors of war. The picture, however, is relieved by scores of little touches of humour. Everything vital in Remarque’s book has been reserved in this epic film, for Universal has, as promised, kept faith with the work and spirit of the Sensational masterpiece of literature. The cast of “All Quiet” is composed of Louis Wolheim, Lewis Ayres, John Wrays Raymond Griffith, Russell Gleason, William Bakewell, Scott Kolk, George “Slim” Summerville, Richard Alexander, Harold Goodwin, Arnold Lucy, Walter Browne Rogers., Ben Alexander, Owen Davies junr., Pat Collins, Yola D’Avril and others. Lewis Milestone directed. “All Quiet” was awarded the “Photo play” medal for the best picture of 1930. OPERA HOUSE MONDAY. HAROLD LLOYD TALKIE. “Feet First,” Harold Llody’s second all talking comedy special, will commence a three night season at the New Plymouth Opera House on Monday evening next. In this attraction he has surpassed the hair-raising thrills of “Safety Last.” “Feet First” is a joyous romance filled with convulsing Lloyd gags. Lloyd, as an ambitious but blundering shoe clerk, falls in love with Barbara Kent, social secretary to his wealthy employer’s wife, and, mistaking her for a fashionable heiress, he turns himself inside out to reach a social plane which will permit him to make love to her. His ambitious social climb carries him to the top of an unfinished skyscraper, projects him from a sky-lofty window, makes him a stowaway on an oceangoing liner, and, generally, provides him with enough dare-devil comedy situations to keep young and old laughing continuously during the progress of the story. There will be a selected supporting programme.