ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1933, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S—ALL BRITISH. “THE MIDSHIPMAID.” “The Midshipmaid,” the finest British comedy since “The Middle Watch,” will be finally screened at Everybody’s Theatre, New Plymouth, to-day at 2 and 7.45 p.m. Jessie Matthews, England’s foremost musical comedy star heads the cast, COMMENCING TO-MORROW. Referring to “Money Talks” which heads the change of programme at Everybody’s to-morrow, a leading reviewer says: “Julian Rose, whose Levinsky records have amused tens of thousands of people, literally comes into his own in ‘Money Talks,’ a hilarious comedy, which gives him his first starring opportunity. His voice has been sufficient on the records to provoke roars of laughter, and, combined with his natural drollness of maimer and flair for characterisation, it ensures his success on the screen. The Hebrew comedian revels in his part, and with the assistance of those two favourites Gus McNaughton and Jimmy Godden, Judy Kelly, the delightful Australian star, and Kid Berg, who is as much at home in the picture as in the boxing ring, ‘Money Talks’ stands out as a firstclass entertainment.” The box plans are at Collier’s. REGENT TO-NIGHT. “CONQUERING HORDE” FINALLY. “The Conquering Horde,” Paramount’s adaptation of Emerson Hough’s “North of 36,” which finally screens at The Regent, New Plymouth, to-night, compares more than favourably with any pioneering drama yet produced. Richard Arlen and Fay Wray head a cast which give memorable portrayals. TO-MORROW’S NEW PROGRAMME. “Lucky Dog” and “Private Jones” two feature length productions will be screened on to-morrow’s big change of programme. “Lucky Dog” represents something new in screen entertainment. It is the story of a comradeship between a man and a dog that will reach right down into your heart. Charles Chic Sale (your old friend “The Specialist”) is the featured player and he is supported by Buster, a wonder dog, who almost steals the honours of the picture. “Private Jones” is described as the' most hilarious comedy since “Rookies” and “The Gay Retreat.” The plot is woven around a cocky, quick-tempered soldier, whom nobody understood. Donald Cook, Gloria Stuart and Walter Catlett are in the supporting cast. NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE. “DIPLOMANIACS.” the Wheeler and Woolsey musical comedy sensation which has been sending large audiences into almost fits of hysterics, concludes its New Plymouth season at the Opera House today. “A LADY’S PROFESSION.” “A Lady’s Profession,” which will open its season at the Opera House to-mor-row, is an exceptionally amusing comedy. Alison Skipworth, the aristocratic English counterpart of the American Marie Dressier, who achieved such outstanding success in “The Sporting Widow” and “He Learned About Women,” gives an extremely polished performance. She is a powerful actress, with 30 years’ stage experience in England and America, and is one of the most distinctive personalities in talking pictures. Roland Young, the bland little principal of “This is The Night,” “Wedding Rehearsal” and “Pleasure Cruise,” appears at his best, while Sari Maritza, reputed to be one of the most beautiful girls on the. screen, and Warren Hymer are responsible lor most convincing performances. Ex> tremely bright comedy is the keynote)cf the production and/ the brilliant acting of both Roland Young and Alison Skipworth is splendidly humorous. The delightful supporting programme will include another of the popular “Screen Souvenirs,” a Mack Sennett comedy, “Moonlight Fantasy" (instrumental), and a British Sound News.

INGLEWOOD TALKIES. “MADISON SQUARE GARDEN." Jack Oakie, who is featured with Thomas Meighan, Marian Ntxon,. Warren Hymer, William Collier, senr., William Boyd and Zasu Pitts in Paramount’s “Madison Square Garden," which will be shown at the Inglewood Talkies to-morrow night is in no danger of ever having to talk to himself. He’s always surrounded by a host of friends. When a few persons gather round, Oakie automatically starts clowning. Bocause there are always his tongue never stops. Everyone is Oakie’s friend. If ever Jack passed by even a messenger boy at the Paramount studios, there would be an urgent call for the ambulance. The oversight would signify a deadly malady. In “Madison Square Garden,” Oakie puts his private life characteristics onto the screen as usual. The film, like others of the onelocale variety, deals with a group of people of diverse backgrounds, who slip briefly into the action and then out again, their lives changed by the events in which they have participated.