CINEMA PROGRAMMES

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1935, Page 18 (Supplement)

CINEMA PROGRAMMES

REGENT THEATRE. MATINEE 2 PM. TO-DAY. _ / A double-feature programme that gives promise of exceptionally good entertainment Will commence a season at the Regent to-day at 2 and 8 p.m. "Central Park,” which screens first, is a delightful romance of a boy and girl, both broke, Who meet on a park beftch. their thrilling adventures in the big city form ft glowing romance of modern times. The story was writteft by Ward Morehouse. The all-star cast iS headed by Joan Bloftdell and Wallace Fdrd. “Parachute Jumper,” the second feature, is romantically adventurous with a strong tang of humour, punctuated with thrills. It has the fast*moving, satirical style for Which Rian James, the author, an erstwhile New York Columnist, is rioted. Even its romance is tinged With rollicking fun. The story details the exciting adventures Of two marine corps air pilots ift Nicaragua, thence to New York, Where they are innocently involved in smuggling contraband from the Canadian border. Thte brings in many Spectacular air stunts, including battles in the Clouds. Douglas Fairbanks is seen as an air pilot, and the plot contains a deliciously hum* brouS romance in Which Bette Davis is the heroine. Others in the cast include Leo Cirillo and Frank McHugh. A fur* ther chapter of "Pirate Treasure” Will ba screened at the matinee drily. EVERYBODY’S TO-DAY. “MADAME DU BARRY.” “Madame Du Bairy,” the Warner Brbs. production depicting the intimate life rind IbVes Of the famous beauty Who ruled the cduft of King Louis XV., fcbmPs tb Everybody’s to-day at 2 arid 8 pin., With DOlbreS Del Rib in the stellar rdlO; Although the intrigues Of the OOUrt, aS in any story Of Du Barty, will be apparent, Edward ChOdbrov, the author iff the current screen play, is said to have concerned hifnself With the lighter aide of the king’s faVbfirite. The picture, While billed as a cbmedy drama, With the emphasis oft the comedy, also is a mammoth spectacle With its gbfgOoUs reprbductibhs of the Cbfift, the palace at Versailles, the famous Cotonfiade GardefiS, Where the grand ladies and resplendent courtiers disported themselves in gaiety and luxury, While the people starved. Nbr is the picture without its .dramatic moments when DU Barty fights intrigue With intrigue, usually bUtWittifig hCr enemies, who would gladly thrust s flagger through hbr beautiful back. Yet Oven ih these ffibre. intense the irtepretoible £)U Barty Usually mah* aged to end them with a laugh*~at the expanse of the efiefiiy. There is a gorgeous rind novel dance staged by the faffibus AlbOrtifia Rasch The picture has an unusUMly large b&st Of talented players ih, the principal rblOs ahd hundreds of others in minor parts. Dolores Del Rib haS- the part bf Du Barry, with Reginald Owen playing Opposite her as King Louis XV. Other include Victor Jbfy, Osgobd Perkins, Verree Teasdale, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Dorothy Tree, Anita Louise, Mayriard Holmes, Henry O’Neill, Hobart Cavahegh ahd Helen Lowell. There is a splendid artsy bf supporting features. NEW PLYMOUTH THEATRES. ATTENDANCE REWARD TICKETS. The children bf New Flymbuth should be particularly thrilled with the announcement that, cbmhieheifig from today; every boy and girl Whb attends a Saturday, matinee at either The Regent, Opera House Or Everybody’S Theatre, Will be itoited with ah attendarice reward ticket. The collector of four of these tickets will be - : entitl&i tb ; ft freb seat at any of the -matihbe performances in the above-mentioned theatres. NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE. “iHe atorld Moves ON.” Captain. Reginald Berkeley has Written many stage and screen successes, But nothing so dramatic hbr poignant as "The World Moves Oh,” aft exceptional picture Which Cbmfitehces at the NOW Plymouth Operh z Houife tb*day at 2 arid p.m; There is hot a mbirfeht in Which it can be said that the drUrna does hbt hold breathless attention. The World War bfbaks up the foHUhto of the Gir-ard-Warburtbh pact, entered into at a family conclave a century ago. Fritz, the German cbiisih; goes info action against Henri; hte Frehch relative; Richard Girard, American joins the Foreign LOgibn; his coUsin’s husband commands a German Submarine that sinks a vessel bh which Warburton, senr., and Girard, sefiT.; afe crosSihg the Atlantic; the cotton mills are Confiscated for WaT purposes, and MaFy Warburton, her father’s heiress, loses the love bf Richard Gifard, American; thrbUgh a ffiisuhdferstahding. But the traditibfis Of "family first” triumphs; The cast is an exceptionally talented brie and is headed by the beaiitifUl English actress, Madeline Carroll, who starred with such success in "I Was a Spy.” Hfer pefiormaftCe is flawless and is marked with a delicacy and reserve which art typically English. Thb other leading role has been entrusted to the popular ybung actof, Franchbt Tone. Among the supporting playefs ate Reginald Denny, L&Uise Dresser, Eudley Digges and Stepift FetChit. The supporting programme includes Fox News and “Allez-Cop” (comedy). PLAZA THEATRE, STRATFORD. "BROADWAY TO HOLLLYWOOD” The largest sound stride evbr built at a ffibtiOn picture studib Was Constructed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to house the spectacular March of Time Ballet in “Broadway to Hollywood,” an all-star picture which comes to the Plaza Theatrt tb-day. Five hundred Albertina Rasch dancing girls take part in this episode of the picture, which Was filmed ift technicblbur. It is said that ift photographing the ballet, enough light was used to light a city for a week, The story is of a family which covers almost sixty years of showdom. Alice Brady and Frank Morgan play the original dancing team at Tony Pastor’s. Their son, played by Jackie Cooper, grows up and joins the act. Later this sbn is played by Russell Hardie. He marries Madge Evans, and the story js theft brought up to modem days With the action centering on the grandsph Whb becomes a Hollywood ster. The climax shows the bld grandfather teaching hIS errant grandson that “the Show must go on” in a stirring dramatic episbde concluded With 6 gigantic “tafkib” ballet typifying the progress bf the entertainment World.

the ranch building turns out to be a tumble-down structure six miles ffom nowhere in a trackless desert, unoccupied for year& and totally without Water. From here the fun begins ih Artest and never a minute lacks in Surprises and laughter. In “The Crosby Case,” the second feature oh the evening’s entertainment, as the Story ■ opens a min is killed, supposedly by being struck by a taxi-cab, but the police are later amazed to find that he has been done to death by a shot, immediately the machinery of the law is set in motion, and evidence bf guilt is attached to several persons.