ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1932, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE.

“FLYING ■ HIGH” MATINEE.

“Flying High,” Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr’s laughter filled comedy starring Charlotte Greenwood and Bert Lahr, will be finally screened at Everybody’s,: New Plymouth, to-day at 2 and 7.45 p.m. There is a varied supporting programme.

TO-MORROW’S BIG PROGRAMME.

One woman he.loved with all the warm fervour of a healthy young .man. Another, he terrorised with .the fiendish brutalities of an animalistic, man-mon-ster. And an entire city, stood aghast. For no one could ever .-catch. Dr. Jekyll when he was - Mr. Hyde.' :And no one saw him make the fantastic transforma-, tion. It all happens right before your eyes • and ears in the Paramount talkie triumph, “Dr. Jekyll and- Mr. Hyde,” which commences at Everybody’s to-mor-row at 2 and 7.45 p.m. Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson’s immortal classic and starring Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins it is. being acclaimed as the greatest thriller yet to reach the talking screen. .

THE REGENT THEATRE.

“NICE PEOPLE” FINALLY.

“Nice People,” Universal’s charming production starring dainty Sidney Fox, will be finally screened at The Regent, New Plymouth, to-night. A superlative supporting programme includes a Slim Summerville comedy.

COMMENCING TO-MORROW NIGHT.

Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper, two of the screen’s most popular stars, appear together in “The Champ,” M-G-M. special attraction'coming to The Regent, to-morrow night. The new picture, directed by King Vidor, shows Beery as a former fight champion, living in a Mexican town with his small son, and planning a “comeback.” The two idolise each other. After a supreme effort to “comeback,” the old fighter makes the sacrifice of his life—turning the boy over to thoso who can give him the proper advantages and environment. Frances Marion, who wrote “The Big House” and “Min and Bill,”, is author of the new story. The shorts will include “Forehand, Backhand, and Service,” a special tennis film featuring William T. Tilden, one of the greatest players of all times.

OKATO AND RAHOTU TALKIES.

STAR OF “SALLY” IN “SUNNY.”

To-night at Okato and to-morrow at Rahotu Marilyn Miller, the famous dancimr star of. “Sally,” will be seen in a bigger and better show, “Sunny.” No actress has received’in recent years such world-wide acclaim after making one picture as has Marilyn Miller. Hei lise to fame is one of the sensations of the industry but it was not unexpected by those who knew her stage career. She has literally lived a life of dancing. At tlie age of four she was sent to her grandmother’s home in .Tennessee, where she was taught to dance by the coloured children. At five she knew how to toe dance and her mother saw an opportunity to use her in their vaudeville troupe. During the war Marilyn was the rage at the Embassy Club, London, and was praised by the Prince of Wales. She was engaged for the Winter Garden, which began he: American success. Since then she has been one of the most brilliant figures on the musical comedy and revue stage. She is supported in “Sunny” by Lawrence Gray, Inez Courtney, Joe Donahue, Judith Vosselli, O. P. Heggic, Clyde Cook and Barbara Bedford.

“RESURRECTION OF OSCAR.”

After numerous requests the players of the musical comedy farce “The Resurrection of Oscar,” written by Mr.- W. Graeme Holder and recently presented at a New Plymouth social function, have decided to devote their ellorts to a worthy cause and will give the public an opportunity of a hearty laugh at the relief concert on Thursday at the Workers’ Social Hall. The concert for the first part will be presented by Stratford artists, including well known singers, classic dancers and pianist as elsewhere advertised. Apart from the quality of the programme the cause of the “Pound Scheme,” towards which the proceeds will be given, merits public support. .