ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1932, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. MATINEE 2 P.M. TO-DAY. “Night World,” one of the most colourful, dramas of the year, will commenqq a season at The Regent Theatre, New Plymouth, to-day at. 2 and B;p,m, The picture stars Lew Ayres, and presents this popular young man in a’ characterisation of an entirely new. type.; He handles the role like the capable actor he is. No role in his career has demanded a greater measure,, of forceful acting ability. Not the least' remarkable feature of this fast-moving screen play is the fact that the entire' action of the story is laid within a gay night club, a gigantic setting which is a marvel of motion picture craftsmanship. The story covers the events of a single night, and it is a night filled with a siwift succession of exciting incidents. There is the eye-filling gaiety of a “floor show” in which the performers are beautiful girls, and there is a stark tragedy which comes with the arrival of gangsters in the small hours of the morning. The ’ picture runs the gamut of colourful activity, and the story “moves” every second. Mae Clarke, in the principal feminine role opposite Ayres, leads the chorus of dancing beauties in the floor show, and her friendliness arouses the interest of .the despondent Lew. A • supporting programme, which should prove distinctly popular, will include Universal News, “Let’s Eat” (Oswald Cartoon), “Strange- as it Seems” (interest), Pathe -Magazine, Universal News and Slim Summerville in' “Meet the Princess.” “.The Devil Bird,” chapter nine of “Danger Island,” will be screened at the matinee only!

NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE.

STAGE-SCREEN PERFORMANCE In order to provide an interesting entertainment, now that the stage of the ’ New Plymouth Opera H°use has been set-to permit it, the management is introducing a combination of screen and staga. performances to-night and Monday. In addition to excellent supporting subjects, the screen attraction will reveal the inside intrigues of a jury room for the first time in.R.K.O. Radio Pictures’ “Ladies of -the Jury” with the inimitable Edna May Oliver in the starring role. The film is a riot of laughs and pokes the merry finger ■of - satire -at the mixed jury system ■which expects twelve men and women of extremely opposite types to’.reach a verdict. For sheer fun this picture is in a’ class of its own. Excellently constructed and superbly directed, it i starts with a laugh and builds to a crescendo of hilarious situations and broadly, comic moods at the- end.-Edna May Oliver is cast in the role of a determined, crafty social leader who is empanelled on a jury of plumbers, ; cooks,,’ mechanics and flappers. She alone votes for acquittal,' and by devidiis: 'schemes, promises and a few. lies converts , the jury against its will. The star;* Jjpng one of the most noted stage • comediennes in the Broadway galaxy, gives" a„ performance that should establish her as one of the leading comics of .the, screen. She combines that subtlety of satire and the broadness of comedy , with a flair for pathos. Of particular interest will be the stage portion of the entertainment, in which Constance Murray will present her mannequins in a fascinating and humorous divertissement entitled “All In a Day’s Work,” Briefly, this performance is a staged ’ mannequin parade, displaying new. season’s crea--1 lions, But presented in such a way that it;' will supply not only interest to those whose interest lies in; new clothes for spring and summer wear, but also delightful-entertainment;.by. witty and laugh-pro Yoking dialogue for those whose object in visiting a 1 theatre • isrto seek, first'and' foremost,, entertainment. >; At- ' tractive: deportment by.-eight local girls; who for the past two;'months ;have undergone - intensive, training. by Mrs, W. M. Webster, will prove a pleasurable, surprise to: local patrons, while the display of froqks enhanced by all the facilities of: stage lighting snd the amusing situations created by the characters will ..provide a welcome 'addition to the usual ! screen’entertainment. - Jt,is_ unfortunate that throat trouble prevents Mrs; Birch-Johnston taking part’in tfie display,.muchto the management’s regret, but her' portrayal will be .carried' off by her understudy in order ’that the com-plete-episode may be presented as originally planned. :■> . ....

EVERYBODY’S.

MATINEE TO-DAY—2 p.m.

■This afternoon and. to-night at Everyboy’e Mr. Stanley Lupinb; well’ known ' English stage comedian- and; acrobat will appear in the British International comedy. “The Love Race.”. It is a comedy of fun and laughter .and the cast also includes Jack Hobbs, Frank Per-; ■ fitt, Dorothy Boyd, Wallace Arthur and other 'English notables. ' If. laugh and grow fat is a. true axiom, everyone who sees “The,Love Race,” will,have to let but their clotheß." Never has l 'so‘ much laughter - befen ‘ packed ' into-sb - small a space.. From the opening.' back-chat between Reggie Powley—played, by Stanley Lupino and his. stern father (Frank

Perfitt) to the last‘ uproarious scene where everybody sways to the rhythm of Lupino’s catchy song “Just Dance,” there is no.t a-dull-moment. The efferwescent. Stanley. Lupind; is ably sup-. ported by Jack, Hobbs, who gets him every minute into; a fresh scrape while telling facile, lies to extract him; from the' last, and during’the course , of the evening Rita-Payne, who has- arrived-on the scene, to collect her suit case, misappropriated by Reggie at Victoriastation, is described in turn, as, Reggie’s sister, Reggie’s • wife and - Bobbie’s fiancee. . Further, merriment is also supplied r by Arty Ashe as Eustace, an. inebriated taxi-driver. This . boisterous . comedy was directed, and produced’ at Elstree by Lupino Lane ■ for British <ln v ■ ternational. . Attention is drawn to .the attractive' all-British supporting pro- ' gramme announced- for: screening wifely “The Love Race.” ; The story of Edinburgh is said tobe particularly ’■ inter? esting. ''' ’ . ' “BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET." OPERA HOUSE,' NEW PLYMOUTH. » . ■, .... , •. - ■ . According to all accounts . nothing has ' been, spared by J. C. Williamson, Ltd., to present Rudolph Besier’s romance of life and love, of tears and laughter, “The Barretts, of.Wimpoie, Street,” in a manner - befitting, its great - reputation, which is. now world-wide. The men’s clothes, the women’s frocks, the scenery, furniture, properties, lighting, etc., have all been duplicated after. the London production, and the principals of the original company have been imported to ensure a replica of the overseas presentations. “The Barretts of Wimpoie Street” is to.-be staged for one night only at the Opera .House,. New Plymouth, on Tuesday, and the box plan is now open at Collier’s.. Miss Jlargarqt; Rawlings, the brilliant English actress, has been specially engaged to play the. part •of ; -Elizabeth ' Barrett in' this;' bfia• of the world’s great love. stories. Robert- : Browning, one of England’s,’greatest poets, rescues Elizabeth , from a living death by contracting a secret marriage with her and taking, her. off. to Italy away from a tyrannical and narrowminded: father, who has .forbidden marriage’to all his children. The part of Elizabeth is a most . exacting one. Through three long acts she is seldom out of the dialogue. “Miss Rawlings,” says an Australian critic, “runs the whole gamut of emotion and her personality seems to intrude into the'scene any other characters are performing.”. Miss Rawlings has the "assistance of a brilliant cast, which includes Barry Barnes (Robert Browning), E. Bellenden Clarke (Edward Moulton-Barrett),. Mary Cobb, Noel Boyd, Mary MacGregor, Kathleen Goodall, Kenneth Brampton, Gabriel Toyne, Richard Fair and . Harvey Adams. IT _1 •...