ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1934, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE. “THE EAGLE AND THE HAWK.” “The Eagle and The Hawk,” the thrilling aerial drama which has been attracting large audiences to the New Plymouth Opera House, will be finally screened to-night. Fredric March and Cary Grant have the featured roles. Excellently acted, superbly produced and told through the medium of a powerful story that never lacks suspense and dramatic fervour, “Torch Singer,” featuring Claudette, Colbert and Ricardo Cortez, . commences the New Plymouth Opera House to-morrow night. “Torch Singer” presents Miss Colbert in a dual personality role—first as a deserted mother who finds the< social barriers too difficult to overcome, and later as the brazen, hard-hearted cabaret entertainer, who still longs for the baby she has been forced, to give up. A splendid supporting cast assists Miss Colbert im-. measurably to make the picture the gripping emotional drama it. is. Ricardo Cortez is excellent as Tony Cummings, the radio impressario, who falls in love with Miss Colbert, and David Manners is cast in the role of the man who deserted her. Comedy relief comes from the everpopular Lyda Roberti and the charming Baby Le Roy, who created such a nationwide sensation in his initial screen. appearance with Maurice Chevalier in “A Bedtime Story.” EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. “FALLING FOR YOU.” Screamingly funny burlesque is the keynote of “Falling. For You,” the Gainsborough comedy being shown twice daily to big audiences at Everybody’s, New Plymouth. Jack Hulbert, the finest comedian of the English screen and one of the greatest in the world, shares the starring honours with his equally famous wife, Cicely Courtneidge. The action of the story is in the Swiss Alps, where Jack and Cicely, in the roles of rival reporters, are holidaying. Their holiday is combined with business, as they are out to locate a missing heiress, and each is anxious to “scoop” the story. Much of the comedy comes from snow sports, an ideal subject for burlesque, in which Jack Hulbert proves an expert skater and impossible ski-er. Scenic beauties of the Alps have not been overlooked by the producers. Four excellent songs are introduced and, sung in the superb Hulbert-Courtneidge manner, they achieve brilliancy. Jack Hulbert as a sweep, singing the song “Sweep,” and Cicely Courtneidge as a cook singing. “Mrs.' Bartholomew,” are delightful. “Falling For You” can be—and is—confidently recommended as perfect entertainment for young and old? THE REGENT PROGRAMME. “HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS.” “His Royal Highness,” the Australian musical comedy starring the irrepressible George Wallace, will be finally screened ■at The Regent, New Plymouth, to-night. To-morrow (Wednesday) night the management of The Regent will have the honour of presenting for the first time “S.O.S. Iceberg,” declared to be the most amazing and thrilling picture yet produced. It deals with the adventures of a party of Arctic explorers who are marooned on a drifting iceberg, and is notable for its magnificent photography, the work of Dr. Arnold Fanck, who made “The White Hell of Pitz Palu.” Rod La Rocque, Leni Rufenstahl and Major Ernst Udel (the world’s greatest dare-devil aviator) head the cast. The box plans are at Collier’s. INGLEWOOD TALKIES. “FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE.” One of the most amusing sequences in the joyous affair of song and dance at the Inglewood theatre to-morrow, night, “For the Love of Mike,” is that in which Bobby Howes, the blithe little star-comedian, and Arthur Riscoe, fake a burglary. A millionaire’s library is the scene of the “crime,” and the two “crooks” throw themselves with gusto into their parts, strewing the carpet with papers and books and priceless ornaments. A number of old books were secured from the property room for this scene, and in the course of Bobby’s strenuous exertions a document fluttered from an ancient tome to the feet of the director, Monty Banks. It was found to be a vellum deed drawn up in the reign of Queen Anne, and in perfect condition. No one knew the value of its contents, for it was hand-written in Latin, and thrilled by its romantic possibilities Monty dispatched it forthwith to a translator. Should it alter the history of England, an announcement will shortly be forthcoming.