CINEMA PROGRAMMES

Taranaki Daily News, 27 November 1934, Page 3

CINEMA PROGRAMMES

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. “THOSE WERE THE DAYS” “Those Were the Days,” the screamingly funny British production which will be finally shown at Everybody’s to-day at 2 and 8 pan., is based on Sir Arthur Pineros famous play “The Magistrate.” Will Hay, of radio and record fame, heads the all-star cast. A production of outstanding charm and attractiveness is the British Dominions’ release “Two Hearts in Waltz Time,” coming to' Everybody’s to-morrow at 2 and 8 p.m. Stories do not matter much in musical comedy, because it is an accepted rule that “all must come right in the end.” What really matters is .the attractiveness of the leading players, their ability to dance, sing and act, the superb and spectacular settings, the tuneful and lilting ensembles, and the super chorus work. One finds all of these in “Two Hearts in Waltz Time.” Heading the cast is Carl Brisson, probably Britain’s most brilliant and popular musical lead. The picture gives him an opportunity to demonstrate his ability in things musical, his piano improvisations alone being extremely brilliant. For the rest he sings, dances and makes love in that attractive fashion which has made him an idol of screen and stage.

THE REGENT THEATRE.

“NO GREATER GLORY” FINALLY.

“No Greater Glory” and “King of Wild Horses,” the two-star programme which concludes at the Regent to-night, provides entertainment of an unusual character. The Melbourne Cup of 1934 is also screened on this programme. “Girls Please” and “Warn London,” two features from the studios of British and Dominion Films, will be presented on the new programme which begins at the Regent to-morrow (Wednesday) night. “Girls Please,” which, screens first, stars the inimitable Sydney Howard and shows the fun that eventuates when this popular comedian is placed in control of a young ladies’ seminary. “Warn London,” tire second feature, is in distinct contrast to “Girls Please.” Edmund Gwenn, the celebrated character actor who appeared in “Tell Me To-night,” “I Was a Spy” and “The Good Companions,” heads the cast in “Warn London,” which deals with astonishing financial frauds. John Loder and Leonora Corbett provide the romantic interest.

NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE.

“I AM SUZANNE” FINALLY.

Lilian Harvey and Gene Raymond are featured in “I am Suzanne,” the spectacular musical romance which will be finally screened at the New Plymouth Opera House to-day at 2 and 8 p.m. Earl Carroll’s “Vanities,” which commences at the New Plymouth Opera House to-morrow at 8 p.m., is an unusual blend of musical extravaganza and melodramatic “thriller.” Its musical background is one of its delights, an excellent dance band under the wellknown radio performer Duke Ellington giving some stirring renderings of rather daring variations, amounting almost to parody of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody. The principal players are all unusually good performers, the best of them being Carl Brisson, a Continental star, who displays a fine quality of voice and a keen sense of the dramatic. He draws a very satisfying portrait of the musical comedy lead who almost falls a victim to the jealousy of a woman whose affections fail to - strike in him a responsive chord. Kitty Carlisle is well cast in the romantic part of the feminine star of the company, who finally wins the star for whom there is such keen competition. Others in the production who achieve considerable prominence are Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Stickney, and Gertrude Dick. Some of the most effective and extravagantly picturesque ballet scenes yet presented by the sound screen are included in this film. INGLEWOOD TALKIES. “JUST SMITH.” “Just Smith,” the Fox-released Gau-mont-British picture, coming to-morrow to the Inglewood theatre, sparkles from beginning to end. It is one of Frederick Lonsdale’s brightest stories and gives Tom Walls an excellent role as a light-fingered crook, who likes the ladies but prefers to collect their, superfluous wealth. Tom Walls is in his best form, his rapier wit and delightful insouciance placing him as one of the finest personality-actors in British studios. You will see him as Smith, a mystery man, mixing with the “best people” on the Riviera and soon appreciate his interest in their wealth. His fellow conspirator is a supposedly well-to-do man with a yacht (Hartley Power) and they inveigle a rich American snob and her daughter to stay aboard their yacht, with a good sprinkling of titles.