CINEMA PROGRAMMES

Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1935, Page 2

CINEMA PROGRAMMES

STATE THEATRE, NEW PLYMOUTH. “LOVE ME FOREVER.” “Silk Hat Kid” will be screened finally at the State Theatre, New Plymouth, at 2 and 8 p.m. to-day. Long awaited by local theatre-goers, the new Grace Moore film “Love Me Forever,” will commence an extended season to-mor-row. Since this golden-voiced star came to the screen si e has broken records everywhere. Her voice is delightful, and I in this, her latest film, she has been given the fullest scope in several fine Puccini selections. Now that they have brought the technical side of the reproduction of music on the screen to perfection the film producers have become bolder, and they have been rewarded for their cou'rage by the success of Miss Grace Moore’s recent films, “One Night of Love,” and now “Love Me Forever.” They have ventured so far as to attempt “La Boheme,” and with a soprano who has not yet been excelled on the screen and whose voice is so well fitted for reproduction, they have achieved a great triumph. Miss Moore’s voice is given the fullest freedom, and it climbs from one height to another. The story is the romance of an extraordinarily wealthy Italian who, in his own words, has risen from the gutter. He it is who “finds” Margaret Howard (Miss Moore) on whom he lavishes all his wealth until he wins her the soprano part in “La Boheme,” at the. Metropolitan Opera House. -His name is Steve Corelli, played by the versatile Leo Carillo. Luis Alberni supplies the lighter touch to a fine story. EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. “THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.” Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard are co-starred in “Let’s Try Again,” the film version of Vincent Lawrence’s famous stage play ‘Sour Grapes,” which will be screened finally at Everybody’s Theatre to-day at 2 and 7.45 p.m. The associate feature, “Krakatoa,” is a thrilling pictorial record of the eruption of “Krakatoa,” one of the world's mightiest undersea volcanoes. “The Bride of Frankenstein,” a thrilling sequel to the amazingly successful “Frankenstein,” will commence a seasonal Everybody’s Theatre to-morrow at 2 and 7.45 p.m. Karloff, of course, is starred, and the cast includes such players as Colin Clive, Elsa Lonchester (wife of Charles Laughton), Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Dwight Frye, Una O’Connor, O. P. Heggie, E. E. Clive, Gavin Gordon, Douglas Walton, Neil Fitzgerald and Lucien Prival. “The Bride of Frankenstein” begins where “Frankenstein” ended, and it contains all the eeriness, weirdness and thrills any picture patron will want. It deals with the adventures of a man-made monster that prowls the countryside blotting out the lives of men, women and children, and the efforts of 3aron Frankenstein, his creator, with the aid of a half-crazed scientist, Dr. Pretorius, to create a mate fpr this terrible creature. When “Frankenstein” ended it was supposed that the monster had perished in a mill fire, but he did not. So terrible have been the results of his creature that Baron Frankenstein vows to have nothing more to do with experiments of this nature, but circumstances arise which compel him to choose between the destruction of his own wife at the hands of the grotesque monster or else build up a woman in the same manner ana bring her into the world as companion to his grotesque male creation. A specially selected supporting programme includes “My Green Fedora” (coloured cartoon). NEW PLYMOUTH OPERA HOUSE. MATINEE AT 2 P.M. TO-DAY. i “Death at Broadcasting Hese,” featuring Henry Kendall, Mary Newland and lan Hunter, will L- finally screened at the Opera House to-day at . and 8 p.m. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the king and queen of musical comedy, are co-starred in “The Gay Divorcee,” which will play a return season of one day only at the New Plymouth Opera House to-morrow at 2 and 8 p.m. They present two grand dances, one called “Night and Day,” originated by Astaire and called “the dance of moods”; another, the hit .of the show, called “The Jontinental.” The latter creation, staged by Dave Gould, who stages, the Carioca” in “Flying Down to Rio,” has already become the rage with dance lovers. Music and lyrics for “The Continental” are the work of Con Conrad and Herb Magidson. The play, a brish and rollicking comedy built around a romance involving Astaire, Mjss Rogers, Alice Brady and Edward Everett Horton, was adapted for the screen from the stage play which ran a full season at N w York and another six months at London. “The Continental” includes a bit o.' the rhumba, a dash of jazz, some waitz anC fox-trot rhythm, and several courtly movemen., from the stately old minuet. The box plan is at Collier's Music House. REGENT THEATRE. "CHARLIE CHAN’S COURAGE.” “Charlie Chan’s Courage,” based on “The Chinese Parrot,” by Earl Derr Biggers, will be finally presented at The Regent to-night. Warner Oland again portrays the role of the clever Oriental sleuth. The associate feature, “Elinor Norton,” co-stars Clair-: Trevor and Hugh Williams. If you like chuckles with your chills, grins wit] gasps, and smiles with your shudders, don’t miss “Death Flies East," Columbia’s baffling mystery drama cf death in mid-air, which will begin at The Regent to-morrow at 2 and 7.45 p.m. An exciting drama, “Death Flies East,” combines mystifying moments with laugh provoking situations. Director Phil Roser. has turned out a picture which holds you breathless and tense, and never once insults your intelligence. As the title suggests, the ac-

tion of the film takes place almost entirely within the confines of a modern air liner. Death strikes one passenger in a mysterious fashion while another barely escapes the lethal grip. The rest of the passengers, recovering from their terror, hold their own inquest and apprehend the murderer before the plane reaches the nearest city, where police are waiting to investigate. Conrad Nagel and Florence Rice in the principal roles perform with finesse and ability. “Death Flies East” will be supported by “That’s Gratitude,” an hilarious comedy of family life featuring Frank Craven and Mary Carlisle. “DRAKE OF ENGLAND” AT PLAZA. “CALL OF THE WILD” NEXT. “Drake of England,” the splendid story of the days of good Queen Bess and the glamorous adventurer-admiral which is told in the film now screening at the Plaza, Stratford, will be shown finally to-night. There will be a special after-school matinee at 3 p.m. also. All the romance, glamour and primitive struggle for existence which characterised the “gold rush” days of the Klondyke have been skilfully captured in “Call of the Wild/’ the film version of Jack London’s most popular novel, which will commence at the Plaza to-morrow. From the striking opening episode until the end of the film, there is no hiatus in a story replete With action, played against a background of eternal snow. In a particularly brilliant and wellchosen cast, Clark Gable, as Jack London's swashbuckling hero Jack Thornton, is the dominating figure. Gable has recently attained new heights of popularity as a player of comedy roles, but his admirers will welcome his return in “Call of the Wild” to a part which gives him scope for his virile personality. Jack Oakie gives an excellent performance as Hoolihan, Thornton’s comical companion in a lonely and dangerous search for a gild mine in the wastes of the Yukon. The romantic interest is provided by the appearance of the beautiful Loretta Young, who gives a bewitching and charming performance. INGLEWOOD TALKIES. “THE GOOD FAIRY.” When a young girl, knowing nothing about the so-called “facts of life,” emerges from the seclusion of an orphanage and faces the world alone, many things are liable to happen. This is conclusively shown in “The Good Fairy,” which is now playing at the Inglewood Theatre with Margaret Sullavan and Herbert Marshall. In this rollicking story the youthful Margaret is an inmate of an orphanage and leaves when she is selected for a position as an usherette. Her adventures begin at once and she is taken under the protecting wing of an eccentric waiter. He takes upon himself the task of protecting her from the amorous advances of a wealthy meat packer, the “big bad wolf” of the picture. Finally, to protect herself from* the latter, after he has promised to lavish costly gifts on her, the giri tells him she is married, selecting at random from the telephone book the name of her “husband.” The meat packer resolves to work through her husband and gives him a position at an enormous salary. Then the complications begin.