THE THEATRE WEEK

Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1935, Page 20 (Supplement)

THE THEATRE WEEK

FILMS AT NEW PLYMOUTH. “D’ye Ken John Peel?”, which will show at the State Theatre on Wednesday, opens in the year 1815, following Wellington’s victory at Waterloo. The setting depicts life in Britain in the days when highwaymen made the roads unsafe for travellers. * # * # In “Love Tune,” to be shown at the New Plymouth Opera House on Wednesday, the master melodist, Schubert, is portrayed. Some of his greatest works such as “Serenade,” “Abschied” and “Moment Musical” arc heard. # >:■> « • “The Radio Pirates,” coming to Everybody’s Theatre on Wednesday, concerns itself with a ’young but unappreciated song-writer’s efforts to obtain recognition and in desperation a “pirate” broadcasting station is started. #*& _ * In “The Dragon Murder Case,” showing at the Regent Theatre on Wednesday, a man dives into a swimming pool from which there is no outlet except through a very fine grating, and disappears. Even draining the pool fails to disclose the body. But there are found strange tracks like those that might have been made by the talons of a prehistoric monster. Surrounding the pool is a legend that it is the lair of a dragon which seizes and destroys unwary swimmers. “Charlie Chan in Egypt,” to be shown at the State Theatre next Saturday, carries Charlie Chan to the mysterious land of the Pharaohs. In the Valley of the Kings, amid the splendours and riches of the last resting-places of the mighty monarchs of bygone ages, several mysterious deaths occur.

In “Love In Bloom,” showing at the Regent Theatre next Saturday, a pair of love-struck and ambitious youngsters, alone and penniless at New York, she running away from the tawdriness of her father’s carnival show, and he dreaming of making a fortune with his songs, fall in love, and to get money for their start they go to work in a music store. On the same programme is “The Lone Cowboy,” a story of an eastern youngster who meets difficulties when he’ goes west. & # The heroic figure of that dare-devil lover, Jan P.idd, and the lovely Lorna, jealously guarded “Princess” of “The Doones,” wildest gang of desperadoes that ever terrorised a countryside, are shown in “Lorna Doone,” showing at the New, Plymouth Opera House next Saturday; The immortal romance of these two has thrilled the hearts of lovers everywhere throughout the years. # * * * FILMS AT HAWERA. “Star of Midnight,” which shows at the Opera House on Tuesday and Wednesday is the story of a beautiful society girl who turns amateur detective in helping the man she loves run down clues to a formidable mystery. # ' o # One of the highlights of “Abdul The Damned,” described as the life and loves of the world’s most sinister monarch, is the sacrifice of the young Austrian operatic singer, who calmly enters the harem of the Red Sultan to save her lover from the firing squad. It shows at the Opera House on Thursday and Friday. » » =s * “Living On Velvet,” showing at the Grand Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday, presents one of the most unusual love triangles ever screened. It is the story of a woman who turned her back on devotion, security, position to wed a man who asked but one thing from life—the girl his best friend loved. & In “Charlie Chan in London,” which will be seen at the Grand Theatre on Saturday next, Charlie invades Sherlock Holmes’ realm, and journeys to London to solve the most amazing mystery of his remarkable career hi criminology. 1 vr # The adventures of a pretty young girl and a handsome young officer on a European cruise are portrayed in “Three On A Honeymoon,” which will be seen at the Grand Theatre on Saturday next. Blackmail and the meeting with a former fiancee an his honeymoon involve the girl and the officer in a tangle. # * * » FILMS AT STRATFORD. “Folies Bcrgcre,” showing at the Plaza Theatre to-day deals with the internationally famous revue, which has scandalised .more than one continent. Authentic shots of the show are .shown in the picture and a complicated plot provides interest. “Vagabond Lady,” showing at the Plaza Theatre on Thursday, tells its story by the title, a lovely lady having various adventures before a romantic ending. # # =» An individual who at certain phases of the moon is transformed into a wolf forms the story of “The Werewolf,” showing for a season at the King’s from next Saturday. The story is similar to “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” # * “Jew Suss,” showing at the Plaza Theatre next Saturday, tells the story of a man who rises to positions of power as a financial wizard. When the Emperor becomes overbearing, Suss dramatically works for vengeance.