ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1933, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. “HOT- PEPPER” FINALLY.: ' / “Hot Pepper,” which has been making New Plymouth audiences ache with laughter, will be finally screened at the Regent -Theatre to-night. Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, El Brendel and Lupe Velez are the stars of this popular- fea- ’’ / ture. There is a good supporting pro- ../ gramme. . COMMENCING TO-MORROW NIGHT. With Robert Montgomery and Tallulah Bankhead co-starred in their first appearance together, “Faithless,” an study of the problems of the penniless rich, heads the programme commencing. at The Regent to-morrow (Wednesday) . night. This timely-drama comes from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, where it was.filmed with all the contrast in lavish gaiety and drab poverty needed to accurately mirror the fall from financial grace.. of gilded youth accustomed to Park ;• Avenue mansions, flocks of servants, European jaunts and all the other signs and symbols of wealth. The story on which the film is based has lifted the / curtain on the sham of daughters of the /: rich who fight against social oblivion by living on their more fortunate friends until, unable to keep up the pretence,'-/ they are relentlessly carried downstream . by adverse currents. Miss Bankhead was borrowed from Paramount to lend’’the brilliance of her personality as the girl who plunges from the dizzy heights of wealth to the depths of poverty. Mont- , ■ gomery plays the man who proves to her that poverty is no obstacle to happiness. Other important roles are played by . Hugh Herbert, Maurice Murphy, Louise Closser Hale, Anna Appel, Lawrence Grant and Henry Kolker. - , NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE., . “THEY JUST HAD TO GET MARRIED.” < The popularity of Zasu Pitts and Slim ' Summerville the two gloom-chasing-com-’ 1 edians who are starring in “They Just had to Get Married,” has been undoubt- ■/ edly proved by the many who have seen and enjoyed' this production at the Opera House in the past two days. “They Just Had to Get Married” is to be screened finally to-nighi, so those theatre-goers who are looking for a'splendid evening’s ,*(' entertainment, and a guaranteed depression cure are advised to take this- last opportunity of seeing two great com- ' edians in one- great comedv. “THE FRIGHTENED LADY.” . “The Frightened Lady,” the Gainsborough picture which screens at the Opera House to-morrow night, is a thrilling / story that possesses every ingredient necessary to make it good, wholesome and entertainment. Written by Edgar Wailace, the story concerns Marks Priory, . / the ancient home of the distinguished family of Lebanon.- ,A' sinister curse // overhangs the Manor, which results, in. /• two mysterious deaths and a series, of thrilling incidents .which 4 keep the audir ;/ ence in a state of expectancy right. to the finale of the film. “The Frightened / ■ Lady” also boasts a most comprehensive cast of stage and screen luminaries.’Nor- ; man McKinnel, recognised as being the . greatest exponent of the dramatic art ever to appear in a film, was cast in .... the lead of this production, which he completed -just. prior to his death. Got- : - don Harker supplies the Humour as usual,.' and Cathleen ’Nesbitt, who is well and * favourably remembered fox-her associa-;’, tion with , the early Wall-Lynn comedies, ■ looks after the feminine interest in a most capable manner. “Edgar Wallace at’ his best” is the verdict of the' doyen, of' , dramatic critics who viewed this film when first produced. The story was or- /• iginally produced as a play, and the film has retained in fullest measure all the - thrill and the eerily-sinister atmosphere : that made of the play so pronounced a success. Not boasting of any horrible atrocity judged to make your heart miss ’ beats, but instead $ perfectly tangible and logical mystery. “The Frightened Lady” / \ should please all patrons. EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. • // “TROUBLES IN PARADISE.” 7 • “Trouble in Paradise,” the Paramount'/’ special attraction starring Herbert Mar- ' • shall (of . “Michael and Mary”) and ai / superb cast including Kay Francis, Mir-- . iam Hopkins and Charles Ruggles, wfll : be finally screened at Everybody’s Theatre, New Plymouth, to-day at 2 and 8 . p.m. Hailed as a screen masterpiece by.:/. Press and public alike, it provides enter- / fainment that will long be remembered by all who see it. There is an outstand- A ing associate programme. . ■' : GENE GERRARD TO-MORROW, / It all began in a River Taxi. smash. /; George couldn’t help treading on the fat'. old lady, and the least he could do ,was/ to see a‘ beautiful girl like Mamie home/:' after such an ordeal, anti then, of course, :? when his wife refused to believe hk -ex-;/ planations and “went home, to .mother” he couldn’t spend the evening at home,./ could he? . But the real trouble com-. ,' menced when George arrived home with - the milk to discover that his wife had.;./ changed her mind. A pearl necklace in George’s pocket added still further to the complications and . the . arrival of /' the doctor who represents the newspaper /; from which George is claiming a connec- / tion with the accident, during George’s absence, co-inciding with that of the old ■ ■> lady who is suing George for damages,. j. brings his misfortunes to a climax. But it is the inimitable Gene Gerard who .'; ( plays this harrowing role and in true.-.;' “Genial”, style he wins through , eyery.;/ time. It is in “Let me Explain, Dear”,/’ that all these complications occur, this hilarious comedy comes to Every-/!; body’s Theatre to-morrow (Wednesday) ~ at 2 and 8 p.m. Gene, who also directed, /* is supported by Jane Carr, a fascinating -/ new vamp “find,” Claude Hulbert, Viola Lyel and Amy Veness, the mother-in- // law of “My Wife’s Family” fame. ) i— “ NEW THEATRE, OPUNAKE. .. ///. “ARROWSMITH.” “Arrowsmith,” the masterpiece of Sin- : r clair Lewis, comes as a motion picture-.to the New Theatre, Opunake, to-night and to-morrow in a great production by Sam- / uel Goldwyn, with Ronald Colman playing the title role of the'crusading young ,: doctor. Metropolitan critics have already / hailed “Arrowsmith” as one of the most,/; important pictures of the year, and Sin-; / clair Lewis himself, after witnessing Its premiere, acknowledged publicly that it . had succeeded in doing everything he > had tried to do in the book. The distfatttion of its story, the importance of its cast and the acclaim with which it has been received combine to make it a - cinematic event. Helen Hayes, the stage star who recently triumphed in her first / screen appearance, in “The Sin of Madelon Claudet,” plays opposite Ronald / Colman in the role of the devoted wire bj who risks her life for her husband’s career. Richard Bennett, the stormy petrel of the stage and father of Constance. Joan and Barbara Bennett, has a major < role as Sondelius, the plague-fighting; Swede, and A. E. Anson, an eminent .>. stage figure making his motion picture debut, has another rich character role. //.