ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 December 1933, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S TO-NIGHT.

“THE GOLDEN CAGE.”

A thrilling drama of love and intrigue in a London luxury hotel, “The Golden Cage,” starring Anne Grey and Anthony Kimmins, will be finally screened at Everybody’s Theatre to-night. The screen version of John Hastings Turner’s play, “Lord of the Manor,” which ran for a long season in London, is to be presented at Everybody’s Theatre to-morrow (Wednesday) night. Described as the most brilliant British comedy of recent years, it provides Fred Kerr unrivalled opportunity for the fine character comedy acting that has earned him wide popularity. This delightful comedy is based on the effect of an imaginary upheaval in the Government on a hot-headed Conservative land-owner, Sir Henry Bovey, a part played by Fred Kerr. It is suggested by a committee that large houses like Sir Henry Bovey’s should be used for billeting the unemployed, whereupon a number of them arrive immediately. Sir Henry, in spite of his natural repugnance, cannot forget the traditions of country hospitality, and finally declares that they shall not be billeted on him, but remain as his guests. The position of the lord of the manor is further complicated when one of his guests, a young girl, falls in' love with a rough-and-ready farm hand, who is among those billeted at the manor. However, all complications are smoothed out by the girl’s father, General Fleeter. It is necessary to emphasise that the charm of the picture lies in the fascinating reproduction of English country life. Betty Stockfield,.the Australian actress who appeared with success in “Money For Nothing,” and “Maid of the Mountains," plays the part of Barbara Fleeter, Sir Henry’s guest, in a compelling and delightful manner. Others in the capable cast are Frank Bertram, Kate Cutler and Harry Wicoxon.

REGENT THEATRE TO-NIGHT.

“MEN MUST FIGHT.”

“Men Must Fight,” ■ the Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer production starring Diana Wynyard, Lewis Stone and May Robson, will be finally screened at The Regent Theatre to-night. The shorts include a funny Laurel and Hardy comedy. Actual prison life is unfolded with a thrill and surprise in the First National picture, “Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing,” which commences a two-night season tomorrow (Wednesday) night. The picture really starts where most pictures dealing with lawless men leave off. The story, taken from the sensational book of Lewis E. Lawes, warden of Sing Sing prison at Ossining, New York, gives an accurate picture of . that institution, of the human side of convict life, with its humour, its tragedies, its pathos and touching loyalty of a thousand men without women and a thousand women without, who wait for their men to come out. Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis are co-starred.

NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE.

“TUGBOAT ANNIE.”

The popular film, “Tugboat Annie,” is still attracting large audiences to the Opera House. It is a triumph for Marie Dressier. Regarded by practically everyone as the screen’s greatest comedienne, she adds new laurels to her already heavy crown. Miss Dressier, who usually carries the whole picture on her capable shoulders, once more has the assistance of the popular Wallace Beery, who was her partner in that excellent film, “Min and Bill.” She is seen in the role of an aggressive female tug-boat captain whose husband (played by Wallace Beery) is a lovable but shiftless old drunkard. Their life is wrapped up in their only son, for whom the father makes an heroic sacrifice. The acting of every member of the cast, which also includes Robert Young and Maureen O’Sullivan, is good, and the whole show is liberally besprinkled with laughs, sensation and tense drama, culminating in the thrilling rescue of a big ocean liner by. the despised tugboat. Screenings will be repeated to-day at 2 and 8 p.m. and finally to-morrow at 8.

INGLEWOOD TALKIES.

“THE RINGER.”

When selecting his cast for the talkie version of the late Edgar Wallace’s supreme effort, “The Ringer,” Walter Forde, who directed the production, experienced great difficulty in finding a girl who could speak with a slight and not objectionable American accent. He at last chose Carol Goodner, a charming American actress, who, for the past two years has lived in England and who, during that time, has made every effort to lose her American accent. Although it is Carol Goodner’s first talkie, Forde was delighted with her work as Cora Ann, and she received much praise from English critics. “The Ringer,” a British Dominions film, comes to the Inglewood Theatre to-morrow. Another all-British production, “Deadlock,”- completes a good programme.