ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1934, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE.

“HEADS WE GO.”

Laughter, romance, beautiful - girls, gorgeous gowns that will gladden a_l feminine hearts—every ingredient of popular entertainment is said to be found in the Brtiish production “Heads We Go,” which will start a season at Everybody’3 to-day at 2 and 8 p.m. The romantic story of “Heads We Go” is laced with gay comedy and adventure, and stars Con-> stance Cummings and Binnie Barnes as two manikins who toss a coin to decide whether they will continue their monotonous existence or whether they will set out on the trail of adventure. The result is a bright comedy romance, which moves faster than any ordinary picture. .When the two manikins toss the coin, “heads” wins, and they decide to “blue” Connie’s legacy of £3OO from an aunt in Canada, and Binnie’s fortune of £4 17s 4d on , one glorious fling aV fashionable Deauville. Constance, or Betty Smith, as she appears in the film, has a romantic reason for choosing Deauville—because that is where the hero has gone on a visit. At this pleasant resort of the idle rich she is mistaken for Dorothy Kay, a famous film star, and soon everybody is at her feet. Millionaires send flowers, newspaper -men haunt her hotel, proposals come every day and twice on Sundays, until a gay yachting week-end exposes the deception and doubles the delight of the audience with the exciting and romantic climax. The settings of “Heads We Go” are lavish in the extreme, the comedy is funny, and the whole delightful production will please and entertain patrons The- shorts include News reel, Pathetone Weekly Varieties and “The King’s English,” a particularly fine short which explains the vagaries of the English language.

REGENT TO-NIGHT.

JEAN HARLOW FILM.

Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy, together for the first time as co-stars, are said to have provided the biggest truckload of laughs to roll out of Hollywood in the hilarious picture, “Blonde Bombshell,” which heads the programme starting tonight at the Regent Theatre. The production is described as a pictorial record of Hollywood laughing at itself, a story woven around the myths and rumours that have flown out of the film capital and presented in a composite of humour and laugh-provoking situations for the amusement of the movie-going public. The supporting chst is headed by Frank Morgan, Pat O’Brien, Franchot Tone and Una Merkel. “Blonde Bombshell” will be preceded by Metrotone News, “Goo Coo, the Magician” (cartoon) and “Throttle Pushers,” a thrilling film on motor racing with the inimitable Pete Smith as announcer. NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE “AS HUSBANDS GO.” • \ Warner Baxter arid Helen Vinson are • co-starred in “As Husbands Go,” the talking picture version of the Rachael : Cothers’ Broadway stage hit of the same name, which commences at the New Plymouth Opera House to-night A story that is true and human, dialogue that is smart and acting that is indeed a revelation, make “As Husbands Go” brie of the major productions of the year. Rachel Cothers, who gave the screen such successes as “Let Us Be Gay” and “When Ladies Meet,” again proves herself to be a master in the art of writing. Falling in love with a young Englishman •'•in Paris, a young wife returns home, determined to ask her husband for a divorce. However, the husband’s kindness and devotion prove too great a barrier for her to penetrate, and the situation becomes all the more embarrassing when the lover arrives. Warner Baxter, in. the leading male role, gives an even better performance than he did in his last three pictures, “Penthouse,” “Paddy, the Next Best Thing” and “Forty-Second Street.” Helen. Vinson, who plays opposite Baxter, makes a charming heroine, and other members of the cast who acquit themselves with distinction are Warner Oland, Catharine Doucet, G. P. Huntley, jun., Frank O’Connor, Eleanor Lynn and Jay Ward. ■