ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1934, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE.

MARGARET SULLAVAN TO-MORROW

"Sing and Like It,” a riotously funny farce featuring Zasu Pitts, Edward Everett Horton and Ned Sparks, will be finally screened at the New Plymouth Opera House to-day at 2 and 8 p.m. Margaret Sullavan, Universal’s new star, captured all hearts when she made her debut in “Only Yesterday” with John Boles. The picture, which was screened at the Opera House, was responsible for large audiences at every session and it is safe to predict her latest film "Little Man, What Now,” which commences at the Opera House to-morrow at 2 and 8 p.m., will do likewise. The film is based on Hans Fallada’s world famous novel. The many who have read the book will recognise the aptness of the characterisation in this moving story of the depression and of the love of a boy and a girl who face life in a world of chaos; those who have not read the book will find in it entertainment, drama, and healthy sentiment. Tire film gains further strength from the acting of Margaret Sullavan, the remarkable star of "Only Yesterday,” whose splendid performance is something to remember. Also in the cast are Douglass Montgomery, who makes' a great success of the role of Pinneburg, Alan Hale, Alan Mowbray, and Mae Marsh For the acting alone the film is worth seeing, but it has an absorbing story as well. THE REGENT THEATRE MATINEE AT 2 P.M. TO-DAY. “No More Women,” the riotously funny Paramount comedy co-starring Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen, will be finally screened at The Regent Theatre, New Plymouth, to-night. The supports will include a further chapter of “Gordon of Ghost City.” Those who go to see motion pictures for the thrills they afford—and who doesn’t—will be more than amply repaid by visiting The Regent Theatre, where the Columbia feature, "Below the Sea,” opens to-morrow at 2 and 8 p.m. It is a tale of a treasure hunt on the ocean floor. There is a battle between destroyers and a German submarine, and the sinking of the U-boat. And, topping any exciting moments shown on the screen in recent years, there is tense, life-or-death battle on the sea bottom between a diver and a huge octopus, most dreaded creature of the deep. “Below the Sea” is a picture of action. Fay Wray and Ralph Bellamy head the cast. “Under the Sea” will be preceded by “Most Precious Things in Life,” a romantice drama starring Jean Arthur and Donald Cook. EVERYBODY’S TO-DAY. "FOOTLIGHT PARADE” FINALLY. “Footlight Parade,” which is one of the outstanding musical attractions of the present year, will conclude screening az Everybody’s Theatre to-day at 2 and 8 p.m. Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell head the all star cast. The popular Jack Hulbert is starred in “Jack Ahoy!” the rollicking British comedy which will start at Everybody’s Theatre to-morrow at 2 and 8 p.m. It is a real story of the sailors of the navy; it is full of the sailor’s devil-may-care; and to crown all there runs through it the catchiest of tunes, which one finds oneself humming hours afterwards. “Jack Ahoy!” is a riot from start to finish. It opens with a scene of the Battle of Trafalgar, showing Jack Hulbert in the role of Admiral Ponsonby, standing on the poop of his ship, amid flying cannon balls and broken spars and rigging, while powder monkeys, officers and men, man the guns. The scene rapidly shifts from old-time warfare to the present day, with Hulbert in charge of a submarine which he hasn’t the faintest conception of controlling, attempting to escape from pirates in Eastern waters. On board are his commander and the girl with whom Jack is in love. Jack Hulbert is brilliant in his characterisation of the A.B.— whether singing, dancing, foiling the pirates, o’making love to the admiral's daughter, he radiates laughter.