CINEMA PROGRAMMES

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1934, Page 3

CINEMA PROGRAMMES

THE REGENT THEATRE. FINAL SCREENING TO-NIGHT. “The Line Up,” starring Marian Nixon and “Ann Carver’s Profession,” starring Fay Wray, are both screening on the programme which concludes at the Regent to-night. George Raft, sleek-haired film star, returns to-morrow night to the Regent Theatre, this time in “The Trumpet Blows,” Paramount’s thrilling, actionpacked romance of Mexico and the most dangerous sport in the world—bull fighting. His supporting cast is headed by Adolphe Menjou, Frances Drake and Sidney Toler. When Raft, young brother of Menjou, retired bandit, now a respectable cattle rancher, arrives back in Mexico from Iris schooling abroad, the older man tries to dissuade him from becoming a bull-fighter. Frances Drake draws Raft into an impulsive romance, and he in turn finds she is loved by his brother. This conflict, flamed into intensity by Raft’s pursuit of bull fighting in defiance of his brother’s dictates, reaches a thrilling climax in the arena. OPERA HOUSE TO-MORROW. NORMA SHEARER IN “RIPTIDE.” Norma Shearer offers another of her magnetic and fascinating performances as a modern woman with ultra-modem ideals in “Riptide,” which commences its eagerly awaited season at the Opera House to-morrow (Wednesday) night. Lavishly produced and brilliantly enacted by its star and an impressive supporting cast, this new Shearer feature stands out as one of the finest productions from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. It is said that as Lady Rexford Miss Shearer is regally superb, and that never before has she appeared so beautifully photographed oi- handsomely costumed. The plot of “Riptide” reveals Miss Shearer as a very modern young woman who is unafraid of life, entrusting her emotions to an honesty of expression, regardless of consequences. Married to a matter-of-fact English lord, she becomes stifled in an atmosphere of smug oppression. From this sheltered life she finds exhilaration in the mad pursuit of a former sweetheart who willingly renews the chase of earlier days. Ensuing situations bring about a marital deadlock which, through unique treatment of story, culminates happily. Graphic scenes of the tragic Morro Castle fire, filmed in comprehensive and thrilling detail by cameramen who braved hazards to obtain them, are included in an exclusive special Metrotone News. EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. “TURKEY TIME” FINALLY. Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn repeat their successes of earlier films in "Turkey Time,” the Ben Travers’ farce which finally screens at Everybody’s to-day at 2 p.m. and to-night at 8. Robertson Hare and the late Mary Brough are also in the cast and provide their quota of laughs. The supports include the Centenary air race. “The Witching Hour,” which begins at Everybody’s Theatre to-morrow at 2 and 8 p.m., tells of the memory of a beautiful love and how it returns to save the romance of a boy and a girl of a new generation. Featured in the cast of the picture are Sir Guy Standing, John Halliday, Judith Allen, Tom Brown, Gertrude Michael and William Frawley. It tells the story of a boy, Clay Thorne, played by Tom Brown, and his love for Nancy Brookfield, played by Judith Allen. Thome has a peculiar complex, an aversion to cat’s eyes, a phobia that drives him to an emotional and mental hysteria. While under a hypnotic influence induced by one of these semiprecious jewels, he commits a fantastic crime without being conscious of what has happened. What follows provides a climax of an excelling and unusual nature.