ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 26 September 1933, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

“THE WHITE SISTER.”

FINE PLAY AT OPERA HOUSE.,

"The White Sister,” a screen play of unusual quality, will be shown at the New Plymouth Opera House again tonight and to-morrow. In it Clark Gable and Helen Hayes are called upon to cover a wide range of acting from the light-hearted opening to the intensely dramatic and wholely unexpected climax and they play their parts with distinction. But there is much more than that in the story. It holds particular interest because it gives intimate insights into the life in a convent, with the heroine taking her various vows in scenes that are new to films and certainly impressive. Broadly it is the story of an aristocratic Italian girl who falls in love with a dashing soldier a week before she is to be married to an aristocrat of her class. War is declared, and the soldier airman, after some magnificent aerial battles, is taken prisoner by the enemy. He is reported dead. The girl enters a convent and has hardly taken her final vows renouncing the world when the hero reappears. Can the vows be broken and the happiness of the couple be restored? The final phases of the story provide a test of the actors. In no other part is Helen Hayes so successful and so convincing as when personifying the White Sister. Madame Vita Cornwall sings a prologue. Preceding (“The White Sister” are interesting short subjects and the whole programme is greatly pleasing.

EVERYBODY’S FINALLY.

"THE FIRST MRS. FRASER.”

"The First Mrs. Fraser,” which finally screens at Everybody’s Theatre, New Plymouth, to-day at 2 and 7.45 p.m., retains all the droll, delightful humour which made the stage presentation an outstanding success. Dorothy Dix, Henry

Ainley, Joan Barry and Harold Huth portray the principal roles. COMMENCING TO-MORROW.

Three British stars—Owen Nares, Benita Hume and Harold Huth— enact the principal roles in "Discord,” the com-edy-drama which will commence at Everybody’s Theatre to-morrow at. 2 and 7.45 p.m. It is a screen adaptation of the late E. Temple Thurston’s last play, "A Roof and Four Walls,” and- tells of the . struggles of a young composer to provide for his wife. Benita Hume sings three songs in “Discord.” They are: “A House Love Made for You and Me,” "Too Much Happiness,” and “When the Shadows Begin.” An excellent supporting programme will include “Once Bitten,” a four-reel British comedy-drama.

REGENT THEATRE.

JOE E. BROWN COMEDY. Joe E. Brown’s laughter-convulsing comedy “You Said a Mouthful,” will be finally screened at the Regent Theatre, New Plymouth, to-night. COMMENCING TO.-MORROW. "Street of Women” is the title of the sparkling romance to be shown at the Regent Theatre for the first time tomorrow (Wednesday). It is a thoroughly delightful comedy-romance, portrayed principally by Kay Francis, the distinctively beautiful actress of “Strangers in Love,” and Roland Young, the resourceful actor of "Pleasure Cruise” and other successes. Both the leading playgrs, however, need little recommendation to local film-goers. It is enough to say that in “Street of Women,” they have parts which suit them to perfection. An English critic says: “No talking-picture could be more charming or delightful than this. It unsual twist, its extraordinary romantic side, coupled with perfection in settings and acting, inclines me to the belief that the public will consider this one of the most enjoyable entertainments of the year.” In additions

there .will be a supporting programme of the theatre’s usual excellence.

INGLEWOOD TALKIES.

TO-MORROW’S PROGRAMME.

To win prominence as ■> western star an actor must possess an unusual physique, steel nerves and a complete disregard for his own neck, in addition to his acting ability and screen personality—George O’Brien for example. O’Brien must be the favourite of Lady Luck. Although in the course of filming his numerous pictures he has participated in hundreds of “stunts” of one kind or another, he generally has escaped without a scratch, ana his rare injuries have never been—and we hope they never will be—serious ones. His latest, "Smoke Lightning,” opening at t.he Inglewood Theatre to-morrow, contains much of the daring horsemanship and breathless moments that have made him the outstanding western star to-day. Nell O’Day, Betsy King Ross and Frank Atkinson support. David Howard directed for Fox, from Zane Grey’s novel, “Canyon Walls.” The other features include a British mystery, “After Dark,” Newsreel and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”