ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1933, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE TO-NIGHT. “SILVER DOLLAR” FINALLY. “Silver Dollar,” the First National, production starring Edward G. Robinson and Bebe Daniels, will be finally screened at the Regent Theatre, New Plymouth, to-night. The supporting programme will be supplemented to-night by the tenth chapter of “The Jungle Mystery.” SPECIAL MATINEE PROGRAMME. . As “Night after Night’ is not suitable for children the management of the Regent has decided to replace jt at tomorrow’s matinee with “Dude Ranch," which stars Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin and Mitzi Green. It is one of the funniest films produced this year and the kiddies will enjoy it immensely. The supports will include newsreels, Betty Boop cartoon, “The Musical Doctor” (Rudy Vallee musical comedy), Paramount Pictorial and the tenth episode of “The Jungle Mystery.” Free comic papers will be given to the first two hundred children attending the matinee. COMMENCING TO-MORROW NIGHT. A superlative cast headed by Alison Skipworth (the Sporting Widow), George Raft, Constance Cummings, Mae West and Wynne Gibson portray the principal characters in “Night after Night,” the Paramount production which begins a season at the Regent to-mor-row (Saturday) night at 7.45 o’clock. It is an unusual drama and is guaranteed to hold the interest of patrons from the first scene until the final fade out. The box plan is at Collier’s. EVERYBODY’S TO-DAY. FINAL SCREENINGS OF “INSULT.”; “Insult,” the British drama of adventure and romance in Northern Africa, will be finally screened at Everybody’s Theatre, New Plymouth, to-day at 2 and 7.45 p.m. Elizabeth Allan, the beautiful actress who appeared with conspicuous success in “Service for Ladies," heads the all-star cast. PAT HANNA AND GEO. WALLAGE. If there is any doubt about the ability of Australian producers to make laughs able, clean and technically acceptable comedies of the type now so much in demand in Australia and England, it will be immediately dispelled by witnessing Pat Hanna’s hilarious offering, “Diggers in Blighty,” which will begin a season at Everybody’s Theatre to-morrow at 2 and 7.45 p.m. This film, which is . Pat Hanna’s first independent production, graphically proves the. fact that enormous strides have been made in Australian film production. “Diggers in Blighty” is a splendid achievement for all concerned in its production, and its director and star, Pat Hanna, deserves congratulation. The story is mainly concerned with three loveable but irresponssffie Australian Diggers—Chic, Joe and Scotty—and tells of how they receive ten days’ “Blighty” leave for capturing and extracting valuable information from several German officers. They go to London, but on arriving find that they are penniless, so accept an invitation to stay at the home of a wealthy English spinster (excellently played, by Nellie Mortyne). Then the fun 'becomes absolutely riotous.’’ Joe Valli and George Moon prove to be good comedians as “Scotty” and Joe.Mulga. Pat Hanna proves himself to be a master of this kind of comedy, and should become a popular star throughout the country. Alfred Frith, the famous musical comedy star, makes his film debut, and is intensely amusing in several of the highlights of the film. Norman French gives an unusually fine performance as Sir Guy Gough, of the British Intelligence, and others who are outstanding in the film are Thelma Scott, Field Fisher, Prudence Irving, Guy Hastings and John D’Arcy. An outstanding supporting programme will include the inimitable George Wallace in two reels of non-stop laughter entitled “Oh, What’ a Night.” The box plans are at Collier’s. NEW THEATRE, OPUNAKE. “SCARLET DAWN.” Douglas Fairbanks, jun., comes to the New Theatre, Opunake, to-night and tomorrow, Rahotu on Monday and Warea on Tuesday, in his latest Warner Bros. picture, “Scarlet Dawn,” with Nancy Carroll playing the feminine lead. The picture is of especial interest because of the fact that Fairbanks is doing an entirely new sort of characterisation in this story—that of a young Russian nobleman who is exiled by the revolution, and who meets some amazing adventures after leaving his native land. Added interest is given to the picture by the appearance of the popular Nancy Carroll, who plays opposite Fairbanks, in the role of a Russian peasant girl, and Lilyan Tashman, who has an important supporting role. Others in the big cast are Earle Fox, Frank Reicher, Sheila Terry, Betty Gillette, Arnold Korff, Maurice Black, and many others. “Scarlet Dawn” is adapted from the novel “Revolt,” by Mary McCall, jun., and was directed by William Dieterle, who is rapidly becoming one of the best-known directors in Hollywood through his clever directorial effects. Douglas Fairbanks, jun. is a coauthor of the screen play. The picture is said to provide a happy combination of romance and adventure, and to have a gay and lilting swing that provides an ideal vehicle for young Fairbanks. “Scarlet Dawn’’ is expected to prove one of the most interesting pictures of the year and its appearance locally is awaited with interest by Fairbanks, jun.’s many admirers’. INGLEWOOD TALKIES. “LUCKY GIRL.” <s> No matter in what role Gene Gerrard, the' famous 8.1. P. star, appears, he always seems to be the unhappy victim of circumstance. In “Let’s Love and Laugh,” in which he made his talkie debut, through no fault of his own he suffered a severe knocking about by a prize boxer whose fiancee he had “inadvertently” married; “My Wife’s Family,” Ul9 stupendous comedy hit, saw

him literally squashed by Iris battlecruiser of a mother-in-law; mistaken tor the notorious husband of a foreign princess in “Out of the Blue,” he was abruptly arrested in the midst of his amours; as “Brother Alfred” he accidentally assaulted a high-born prince, as a consequence of which he was forced to pose as his non-existent twin-brother, and spent several hours in the waters of the bay at Monte Carlo, and now, in “Lucky Giri,” the new comedy which he directed himself, as a Karaslavian moparch “broke to the wide’ he is met on every side with antagonism and suspicion in his efforts to dispose of the crown jewels. But, as usual, he triumphs in the end, as magnificently as he conquers the hearts of all filmgoers. Do not miss this, his latest success. “Lucky Girl’ comes to the Inglewood Theatre tonight and to-morrow.