AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18807, 20 February 1931, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

"LAWFUL LARCENY.” FINAL SHOWING AT ROYAL. The final presentation of “Lawful Larceny,” at the Royal to-night, should be witnessed by another large audience, as so far the picture has created more than a favourable impression in Timaru. Probably no picture of the current season has drawn Interest of women so widely as this new Bebe Daniels' show, adapted to the screen from the Samuel Shipman stage hit. Bebe plays the part of a wife who turns the tables on a love thief. Having lost her husband to the other woman, Bebe finds revenge and profit by stealing the other woman’s lover. Sharing honours with Bebe is Lowell Sherman in the part of the vamp’s philandering boy friend. Recreating the role he played on the stage, Sherman gets the most from a character always hilariously funny. Others in the stage-trained cast are Kenneth Thomson, Olive Tell, Purnell Pratt, Lou Payne and Bert Roach. Good supports are shown. “ LOVE AMONG THE MILLIONAIRES.” LAST NIGHT OF CLARA BOW. "Love Among the Millionaires,” the Paramount musical romance of a waitress, whose love affair with a scion of wealth throws her into high society, is Clara Bow’s latest talkie, which has enjoyed a successful run at the Majestic. This picture, which was made by the man who directed “Sweetie,” allows Clara Bow the greatest singing opportunities yet afforded her in talking pictures. Miss Bow has the role of Pepper Whipple, a singing waitress in a railroad junction restaurant. Enmeshed in a romance with the handsome son of the president of the railroad, she succeeds in disproving the old adage that "oil and | water won't mix.” Stanley Smith, leading man of “Sweetie" and “Honey,” has the chief supporting role as Miss Bow’s wealthy boy-friend, while a great favourite is Mitzl Green (“I Know a Secret”). The supporting programme includes a splendid canine attraction. “PARIS BOUND.” MARITAL PROBLEMS AT GRAND. A well-conceived story which allows opportunity for excellent and clear dialogue is contained in “Paris Bound,” which is to receive its final Timaru screening at the Grand tonight. Is well-founded suspicion of marital infidelity always a good reason for divorce? Upon the frank discussion of this question hinges one I of the most vital portions of the plot of "Paris Bound.” The brilliant lines of this play were transferred to the screen under the direction of Edward M. Griffith, while the cast includes Ann Harding, the star, Fredric March, ' Ilka Chase, Juliette Crosby, Leslie i Fenton, Carmelita Geraghty, Hal j Cooley, George Irving and Charlotte I Walker. Ann Harding, probably the youngest of Broadway’s leading stage j stars, recently was signed by Pathe to I star in talking pictures. With her j natural beauty, marvellous speaking 1 voice, and popularity as a Broadway 1 star, she seems destined to do big things in the talkies. Supports are bright and pleasing.

“SEVEN DAYS’ LEAVE’.* AT THE MAJESTIC, SATURDAY. English, actors and English extra players have become in great demand in Hollywood since the advent of the talking pictures, due mainly to the fact that a laxge number of talkies have England as their locale. In Gary Cooper’s first starring picture for Paramount, “Seven Days’ Leave,** which was adapted from Sir James M. Barrie’s play, “The Old Lady Shows Her Medals,” 400 “English types” were required. The story of “Seven Days’ Leave” is laid in London and 50 of its extra players were drafted for important “bits” in the production. They portray street peddlers, hawkers, and shop-keepers, to create a genuine London atmosphere. “Seven Days’ Leave” will show at the Mejestic Theatre commencing Saturday. Beryl Mercer, famous veteran character actress of the stage, plays the featured role of the “old lady.” Daisy Belmore, Nora Cecil, Tempe Piggott and Arthur Hoyt, stage players, are included in the supporting cast. Box plans are at the Majestic.