CINEMA PROGRAMMES

Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1935, Page 2

CINEMA PROGRAMMES

NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE.

JESSIE MATTHEWS IN “EVERGREEN”

Jessie Matthews and a strong cast, including Sonnie Hale, Betty Balfour, Barry Mackay and mnay more, appear in “Evergreen,” an adaptation of the famous C. B, Cochran's brilliantly successful stage play, which commences at the New Plymouth Opera House to-day at 2 and 8 p.m. This elaborate screen play has been pronounced the most brilliant British picture of its type ever made. Direction, photography, acting and art direction together create a film of which any studio might be proud.. The story, too, is coherent. In the prologue a famous music hall artist bids farewell, under dramatic circumstances, to the scene of many of her triumphs. Twentythree years later her daughter, who has inherited her mother’s outstanding ability, impersonates her with such success that London, flocking to see her, is completely deceived. Emphatically. “Evergreen” is a picture not to be missed. Every opportunity has been seized to present lavish spectacle; haunting melodies are generously distributed throughout the romantic show. The following song hits will soon be on the lips of everyone: “In the Cool of the Evening,” “Dancing On the Ceiling,” “Dear! Dear!” “If I Give In To You,” “No Place But Home,” “Tinkle! Tinkle! Tinkle!”, “When You’ve Got a Little Springtime in Your Heart,” “Over My Shoulder,” and “Just By Your Sample.” There are dances on the ‘big scale; the story scintillates with comedy, while strong dramatic touches have their place. The supporting programme includes *Fox News, “Perhaps Dinah Might” (Ideal. Cinemagazine) and Gaumont Mirror. EVERYBODY’S TO-DAY. “WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS” The picturisation of Sir James Barrie’s famous stage play, “What Every Woman Knows,” will be presented for the last times at Everybody’s to-day at 2 and 8 p.m. It is unquestionably one of the finest productions seen for' some time and the cast, headed by Helen Hayes, Brian Aheme and Madge Evans, give characterisations that will ever, be remembered. No story of a college scrape has come nearer to tl-i classic “Charlie’s Aunt” than does “She Loves Me Not,” starring Bing Crosby and Miriam Hopkins, which will begin at Everybody’s Theatre to-morrow at 2 and 8 p.m. 'Hie complications that ensue when two students at Princeton University hide a cabaret dancer in their rooms to save her from the police form. the plot, which has not a dull moment in it. Three songs which Bing Crosby sings, one as a duet with Kitty Carlisle, are “Love in Bloom,” “Straight From the Shoulder, Right front the Heart,” and “I’m Hummin’, I’m Singin’, I’m Whistlin’,” all of which are brought naturally into the story without interrupting its continuity. Miriam Hopkins plays the, part Of the cabaret dancer. REGENT THEATRE. “JOURNAL OF A CRIME." “Journal of a Crime,” the Ruth Chatterton picture which concludes at The Regent to-night, tells the powerful story of a woman driven by anguish to a passion that knew no law. There is a good supporting programme. “Deception,” and “Whom the Gods Destroy,’’ two features rich in entertainment, will commence a season at The Regent to-morrow at 2 and 8 p.m. “Deception” is a gripping romantic drama played against a background of professional 1 wrestling, Leo Carrillo, Thelma Todd and Dickie Moore are the principal members of the cast.

Dealing with the dramatic question of how much a man should justly sacrifice for humanity, “Whom the Gods Destroy,” features Walter Connolly, Doris Kenyon and Robert Young. Beginning with a thrilling shipwreck in which a man disguises himself as a woman to save himself for the sake of his family, it rises to dramatic heights that will move the most blase audience. Besides Connolly, Miss Kenyon and Young, the cast includes Hobart Bosworth, Gilbert Emery, Jack Mulhall and Mary Carr. KING’S THEATRE, STRATFORD. “CAVALCADE” FINALLY. "Cavalcade,” which will be finally screened at the King’s Theatre, Stratford, to-night, was responsible for a large audience at the first presentation of its return season last night. Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook are the principal players. Charles Laughton, the eminent English actor who achieved fame in “The Private Life of Henry VIII,” scores another triumph in the drama, “White Woman,” which opens at the King’s Theatre tomorrow. In this film Laughton proves his remarkable versatility by giving an admirable characterisation of an unscrupulous Cockney trader in a lonely Malayan post. Outwardly kind, the trader is in reality cruel and implacable, with a supreme contempt for his white assistants and the natives. Animal courage is his one saving grace; he sneers at anything he cannot understand, characterising it as “mush.” Carole Lombard plays opposite Laughton. She is cast as a white woman who throws in her lot with the trader to escape the humility of deportation. With one white woman in a jungle post, in compand with renegade white men and furtive natives, smouldering with rage against the trader, there is every opportunity for drama of the most thrilling type. Tom Keene in “Son of the Border,” is the feature attraction preceding “White Woman.”

PLAZA THEATRE, STRATFORD. “THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI.” “The Girl From Missouri,” which stars in the principal roles Jean Harlow, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore and Franchot Tone, will be finally screened to-night at the Plaza, Stratford. Marion Davies is said to give the finest performance of her career in the delightful romance, “Peg o’ My Heart,” which will begin at the Plaza Theatre to-morrow. Concerning this film a leading critic writes: “Never' before has the vivacious Marion Davies clothed a character with such sincerity and sympathy. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s talking screen version of the play that has been acclaimed in the theatre for more than 20 years has a freshness and sparkle all its own. There is not a lagging moment or a flaw in the simple clarity of its sweet romance. It is just the kind of picture people want to see these troubled days. Marion Davies’ Peg is an individual. Yet her interpretation of the role is none the less genuine and familiar in character. All the hoyden charm of the little Irish lass is intact. The film marks the debut as a leading man of Onslow Stevens, who gives promise of becoming popular with feminine “fans.” Stevens has a distinct personality. Others in the splendid cast are J. Farrell MacDonald, Juliette Compton, Irene Brown, Tyrell Davis, Alan Mowbray, Doris Lloyd, Robert Grieg, Nora Cecil and Geoffrey Gill. Michael, the dog in the film, captures honours all his own. He is well worth watching for. A special accompanying musical score was prepared by Herbert

Stothart, and the picture also introduces two new songs, “Sweetheart Darlin’,” by Stothart and Gus Kahn, and “I’ll Remember,” by Nacio Herd Brown and Arthur Freed. The supporting programme will include Metro News, “Alum and Eve,” the latest Zasu Pitts-Thelma Todd comedy, and a musical revue entitled “Colourscalds.”

INGLEWOOD TALKIES.

GAYNOR AND FARRELL REUNITED.

With Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell reunited for the first time in 18 months, “Change of Heart” will prove exceptionally interesting at the Inglewood Talkies to-night ‘ and to-morrow, night. James Dunn and Ginger Rogers are teamed in support of the stars in the screen version of Kathleen Norris’ “Manhattan Love Song.” The picture deals with the tangled love affair's of four young college graduates who lea ze their California campus for New York City in search of fame and fortune, only to find romance complicating the problem of earning their respective livelihoods. It is in these complications and their skillful unravelling that the appeal of the Story lies, and tire various situations offer Miss Gaynor. and Farrell great opportunities of acting.