STRATFORD PROGRAMMES

Taranaki Daily News, 30 March 1935, Page 20 (Supplement)

STRATFORD PROGRAMMES

THIS WEEK’S ATTRACTIONS. PLAZA THATRE. To-day, Monday and Tuesday, “Grandad Rudd,” Bert Bailey, Fred McDonald, Elaine Hamill. Wednesday, “Her Bodyguard,” Edmund Lowe, Wynne Gibson. Thursday and Friday, “The Painted Veil," Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent. Saturday and Monday, “Great Expectations,” Charles Dicken’s Immortal Screen Classic; Henry Hull, Phillips Holmes, Jane Wyatt. KING’S THEATRE. To-day and .Monday, “Mayor of Hell,” James Cagney, Madge Evans, Allen Jenkins, and “Man of Action,” Tim McCoy. Tuesday and Wednesday, “Million Dollar Ransom,” Phillips Holmes, Mary Carlisle, and “Glamour,” Paul Lukas, Constance Cummings. Thursday and Friday, “Midshipmaid,” Jessie Matthews, Fred Kerr, Edwin Lawrence. Saturday and Monday, “The Circus Clown,” Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis.

AWNING-LIPPED COMEDIAN. Joe E. Brown, the famous awninglipped comedian, will be back at Stratford next Saturday, appearing on the screen of the King’s Theatre in his latest First National comedy, ‘The Circus Clown,” The circus is used throughout as a background for the hilarious stunts of the picture, which, however, has its own well-defined plot and romance. The picture deals with the intimate life of the circus folk behind the scenes and also during the giving of a show. The tangled love affairs of the circus folk come into play, in which Joe becomes so involved that his plight becomes ludicrous. Patricia Ellis as the leading feminine role opposite Joe, “while others in the cast include Dorothy Burgess, Donald Dilloway, Gordon Westcott, Charles Wilson, Connie Cosby, Spencer Charters and Bobbie Caldwell, as well as a score or more of famous circus performers. MISS MATTHEWS GAINS LAURELS. Jessie Matthews, who made her talking film debut to New Zealand, audiences in the Gainsborough picture “There Goes the Bride,” once again collects laurels for so obviously putting “it” in British

films in her all-starring vehicle, “The Midshipmaid.” She present a screen front in this feature that is unexcelled for spontaneity and personality. Not very tall, Miss Matthews is a specimen of humanity who will find instant appeal in the hearts of all audiences. “The Midshipmaid,” which, after reading the shoals of outstanding critics supplied by the London press and trade papers alike, is apparently one of the most popular successes to have emanated from any British studio, is bound to have similar success re-echoing through Stratford when it comes to the King’s Theatre next Thursday. Concerning fun aboard a battleship, when the star takes charge of the junior officers on board and runs riot in a medley of mirthful happenings, the results can well be imagined. DICKENS' CLASSIC NOVEL FILMED. Said to be produced with unprecedented accurary and enacted by a company of brilliant artists, the screen version of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, “Great Expectations,” which will commence a season at the Plaza Theatre on Saturday next, in every way fulfils its title. Many there were who feared that the task of transcribing the famous author’s work would prove too much for the directors, but it is claimed that from the first scene in the churchyard to the final sequences of the film there is not once any suggestion that the scenes were made anywhere than in Kent and London. It is said that the film brings home in striking fashion the remarkable power possessed by an author who is still regarded by many chiefly as a purveyor of humour, joviality and quaint character sketches. The cast includes Henry Hull, Florence Reed, Phillip Holmes and Jane Wyatt.