ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1932, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S. MATINEE 2 P.M. TO-DAY. “Stamboul,” the Paramount British attraction starring Warwick Ward, will conclude its season at Everybody’s today at a matinee at 2 p.m. and tonight at 8. There is a varied supporting programme. COMMENCING TO-MORROW. Thrills of the racecourse, and the schemes and methods of crooked gamblers serve as a colourful background for a love story in “Sporting Blood,” MetroGold wyn-'Mayer’s drama of racing life, commencing at Everybody’s to-morrow at 2 and 7-45 p.m. Though not a race track play in the usual sense of the word, it shows the entire racing business as a background for its central theme. Thrills of the Derby, intimate glimpses behind the scenes in paddocks and in gambling halls are incidental to the love story that runs through the play. Madge Evans * and Clark Gable are starred. A high-class supporting bill will include “One Good Turn,” a Lauirel and Hardy comedy, and the first of the Australian Cinesound News, featuring Charlie Lawrence of 2 | FC as a talking reporter. THE REGENT TO-DAY. “THREE FACES EAST” MATINEE. “Three Faces East,” the thrilling spy drama starring Eric Von Stroheim and Constance Bennett, will be finally screened at The Regent to-day at 2 p.m. and to-night at 8. There is a first rate supporting programme. COMMENCING TO-MORROW.

“Bad Girl,” the Fox Movietone attraction which commences a season of three matinees and three nights at The Regent to-morrow ((Saturday) has been greeted with tremendous enthusiasm in all the cities of Australia and New Zealand. Few people would quarrel with the diagnosis of “Bad Girl” as a love story of the simplest kind. Therein lies the reason for its success. It seems to be a love story pure and simple, about everyday people in New York, but the theme is embroidered with incidents and actions that make it of absorbing interest. It is difficult to take an everyday subject and make it a work of art; but the producers of “Bad Girl” have achieved, this in remarkable fashion, and the result is a picture of special interest. ■ James Dunn and Sally Eilers share the starring honours. OPERA HOUSE. u TO-MORROW (SATURDAY). “The Wrong Mr. Perkins” and “Always Good-bye,” the Fox Movietone two-star programme which drew the plaudits of audiences when screened at The Regent, will play a return season at the New Plymouth Opera House tomorrow (Saturday) at a matinee at 2 o’clock and in the evening at 8 o’clock. “The Wrong Mr. Perkins” is a Fox British production and stars that inimitable comedian Herbert Mundin. This comedy has an amusing story and the situations work up to an hilarious climax. “Always Good-bye” stars Elissa Landi and Lewis Stone, and provides entertainment that reaches a high standard. The name “Always Good-bye” is derived from Miss Landi’s care-free way of dismissing her many suitors. Then circumstances practically compel her to dismiss Lewis Stone, the one man she has learned to love, in the same way. The shorts will include Fox Movietone News and “King’s Armada” '(review of the British Navy at practice in the Mediterranean).

INGLEWOOD PICTURES.

CONSTANCE BENNETT IN “RICH PEOPLE.”

Members of two of the several famous trios of screen sisters loom importantly in the cast of “Rich People,” a Pathe picture starring Constance Bennett, which conies to the Inglewood Theatre to-night and. Saturday. Miss Bennett, who makes her return to the screen as the star of the dialogue com-edy-drama, is the eldest daughter of Richard Bennett, noted stage actor, and the sister of Barbara and Joan, who have both achieved success on stage and screen. Appearing in an important role of “Rich People” as a close friend of the heroine is Polly Ann Young, sister of Loretta Young and Sally Blane, both of whom were elected Wampas Baby stars of 1929 after having earned outstanding popularity in various screen roles. Others in the cast of “Rich People” are Regis Toomey, Robert Ames, Mahlon Hamilton, John Loder and Ilka Chase.