CINEMA PROGRAMMES

Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1935, Page 11

CINEMA PROGRAMMES

THE REGENT THEATRE. MATINEE THIS AFTERNOON. “Tire Secret of the Chateau,” Univer- . sal's thrilling French mystery screen play, comes to The Regent Theatre, New Plymouth, to-day at 2 and 7.45 p.m. with ’Claire Dodd, Clark Williams, Alice White and Jack la Rue in the leading roles. In this production, a dozen different people are trying to get possession of a book, ah original of the Gutenberg Bible, printed about 1450' A.D., valued to-day at anywhere from £50,000 to £lOO,OOO, depending on how much you like books and how much you have in the bank. Two persons are murdered, the book is stolen and everyone is suspected before the mystery is exposed and the secret of !the old- chateau is cleared up. In the ■production, in addition to those mention!ed above, are George E. Stone, Osgood Perkins,. William Faversham, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Alphonz Ethier and De Witt Jennings. It was directed by Richard Thorpe, master of action and mysteryscreen plays. ’“The Western Code,’’ Tim ■McCoy’s latest adventure Western for Columbia, will be screened in conjunction with “The Secret of the Chateau.” Children are reminded that the final episode of .“The Vanishing Shadow” will ! be screened at to-day’s matinee.

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. CANTOR MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Although Eddie Cantor makes only one film a year, he is perhaps the most popular as well as one of the most highlypaid screen comedians in the world. His latest farce, “Kid Millions,” which begins at Everybody’s Theatre, New Plymouth, to-day at 2 -and 7.45, is reported to. maintain the high level of . hilarity, wit and gorgeous settings which have made his other productions such worldwide attritions. “Kid Millions” is delightfully'’'impossible and uproariously funny. Eddie, a poor but lovable young man living in New York, inherits a fabulous fortune of 70,000,000 dollars from an uncle, whc> was an Egyptian explorer. However, it is necessary for him to go to the mummy room of a sheik’s stronghold in order to get it. So Eddie, the beautiful Goldwyn Girls and a host of other merrymakers leave New York in the good ship Luxor, bound for. Egypt and the treasure. But Eddie isn’t the only pebble on the beach, for on the same boat travels a farcical gangster and his “giri friend,” who are also after the money. Their efforts to “bump Eddie off” are unalloyed farce of the best type. After the party arrives in Egypt the fun becomes fast and furious. The final scenes are splendidly executed in technicolour, and ■ represent Eddie, the multimillionaire, gratifying one of the ambitions of his poverty. The songs are “An Earful of'Music,” sung by Ethel Merman; “When My Ship Comes Home,” a novelty number sung by Cantor, “Your Head on My Shoulder” and “Okay Toots,” which the star sings with the Goldwyn Girls. The supports include a coloured Silly Symphony, “The Tortoise and the Hare,” in which Walt Disney gives the world its first realistic impression of speed. Max Hare, a new .character in the Disney family, is depicted as the fastest thing in creation, by showing him playing a game of tennis with himself. Max Hare is so fast he can get across the net in time to return his own cannon-ball service. Other shorts include the second series of “My Bridge Experiences,” featuring Ely Culbertson. STATE THEATRE, NEW PLYMOUTH. JANET GAYNOR—WARNER BAXTER. Theatregoers who . remember the enjoyable screen entertainment that resulted from the ■ juxtaposition of the talents of Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter will delight in the announcement that the two screen lovers are again costarred. The picture is “One More Spring,” a Fox Film production and starts an engagement, to-day at the State Theatre, New Plymouth. These stars, who made such a screen furore of “Paddy” and “Daddy Long Legs,” appear in a poignant and tender romance of today, adapted from-the acclaimed bestseller from the pen of Robert Nathan. Janet Gaynor has a deeply emotional role as a courageous girl alone in the world, and Warner Baxter is the romantic adventurer who clings, to the right to dream. This vibrant romance set in a snow-coated park is said to be packed with excitement. It is different from any role either star has yet had, and affords each a rare opportunity to reach new emotional heights. Stepin Fetchit brings his peculiar and original comedy to relieve the tenseness of this picture that has been called hard as earth and soft as clouds. The talented supporting cast is composed of Walter King, Jane Darwell, Roger Imhof, Grant Mitchell, Rosemary Ames, John Qualen, Nick Foran and Astrid Allwyn. Box plans are at Colliers and at the theatre. NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE. UNUSUAL FILM FARE.

There is real pictorial beauty in the grandeur of the high Sierra wilderness

which forms the setting for “Sequoia,” which will commence at the New Plymouth Opera House to-day at 2 and 8 p.m. With Jean Parker, one of the most appealing of the newer generation of screen actresses, and RusseU Hardie as two young people who find love amid the giant trees of the forest, there is also one of the most remarkable dramas of wild life ever filmed. A deer and a mountain lion, two of nature’s deadliest .enemies, were photographed in their natural haunts from the time they were two w6eks old until a friendship developed which lasted until maturity. With simple and touching skill it tells of their devotion to each other and their efforts to escape the relentless gun of the hunter. From first to last “Sequoia” is a perfect example of what can be achieved with a camera by a producer who has caught the drama and the comedy of wild life in the fprest. It is a beautiful and original piece of screen craft which deserves a high place among the' distinguished motion pictures and is a tribute to the courage of Metro-Gold-'wyn-Mayer, the producers. ■ So much that is genuinely entertaining has been crowded into the film that one wishes Hollywood ‘ gave the screen more pictures of this type. There is the idyll of a deer and its mate, the drama of the continual dread of the hunter’s gun, and the delightful comedy of the antics of the tiny young mountain lion. Orie of the funniest scenes is that in which a little Chinese boy—son of a cook at a mountain cabin—is tied to a rope attached by the other end to a tiny deer. Altogether, the film may be unhesitatingly recommended. An exceptionally

entertaining supporting programme in- | eludes Laurel and Hardy in their lateit comedy “Oliver the Eighth,” “Zion-Can-yon of Colour” (Fitzpatrick travel talk in technicblour), “A Good Scout” (cartoon), and Metrotone and Cinesound news reels. KING’S THEATRE, STRATFORD. DOUBLE BILL TO-DAY. “Say It With Music” is the slogan of Universal’s “Lot of' Fun,” the unusual musical comedy drama starring Edmund Lowe which will come tq the King’s. Theatre to-day. The production, featuring six songs, has become famous as avehicle for the talents of 30 radio, screen and stage stars. One of the outstanding musical performers is the golden-voiced, golden-haired Ruth Etting, who rings “Talking to Myself,” written by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson and “Tomorrow, Who Cares?” written by Charles, Tobias and Murray Mencher. Phil Baker, famous'for his comedy and his accordion, sings “I Ain’t Gonna Sin No More,” written by Con Conrad and Herb Magid-’ son, with the three famous Downey Sisters. Ethel Waters, internationally known coloured’ringer, gives her version of “I Ain’t Gonna Sin No More.” June Knight, captivating blonde Universal contract, player, does “Somebody Looks Good to Me,” written'by Albert yqn Tilzer and Jack Meskill. “Don’t Let this Waltz Mean Good-bye” by the same authors, is sung by Gloria Stuart, and the famous Gene Austin, with the accompaniment of Candy and Coco, sing “Blue Sky Avenue,” by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson. As a second feature Roger Pryor, Esther Ralston and Ralph Forbes are co-starred in “Strange Wives,” a romantic drama of unusual appeal. PLAZA THEATRE, STRATFORD. • “THIS WEEK OF GRACE,” “This Week of Grace," the Gracie Fields production which comes to the Plaza Theatre, Stratford, to-day, contains some of the funniest and most delightful incidents ever to be seen in a Gracie Fields production., As always before Gracie brings a heap of laughter and happiness, arid with this comes music and song which bring to a iclimax a picture Well work seeing._ Among'the song numbers sung by this uncrowned queen of English songsters are • “My Lucky Day,” “Mary Rose,” “Happy Ending” and “Heaven Will Protect an Honest Girl.” As an addition to a particularly outstanding supporting programme is “Murder at the Bridge Table,” the first of seven series of short stories which has interwoven various . bridge lessons explained and demonstrated by. the “World Wizard of Bridge,”-Ely-Cul-bertson. Each story will be in: Itself a completed one, and bridge .enthusiasts whose main-object is to improve their standard , of play should make a pdint of seeing every one of the seven exceedingly interesting series.