AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18865, 1 May 1931, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS.

"LOVE IN THE ROUGH.” BRIGHT FEATURE AT ROYAL. Although strictly a musical comedy, "Love in the Rough” (featuring Robert Montgomery), betrays none of the stilting devices so commonly noted in screen transitions of this sort. It is not only highly entertainingly musically, but packs a thoroughly human story without intrusions of dancing choruses, to slow up the story. Kelly, shipping clerk, is dismissed, but is at once recaptured by his employer when r.e is revealed as a top-no',ch golf player. Waters, anxious to win a golf meet, takes Kelly to his fashionable club as a guest and golf coach. At the club Kelly meets Marilyn, daughter of a millionaire. Kelly’s ardent wooing wins her away from Johnson, a golfer, who Is to play in the big amateur meet in which Kelly also is entered. The golf match Is going strong the next day when Marilyn’s irate father arrives at the club. Marilyn tearfully tells him how she married a pauper, but adds what a wonderful golfer he is. The father, also a golf fan, is enthused by her story of Kelly’s prowess on the links. He tells her she should be at his side during the match. Together they hustle to the greens where the final hole is being played. Kelly, ou the last stroke, sees Marilyn there to encourage him. He sinks a nice putt, winning the game. There is a happy reunion. Included in the cast are Dorothey Jordan, Benny Rubin, Dorothey McNulty, J. C. Nugent, Tyrrell Davis, Catherine Moylan, Allan Lane, Edwards Davis and Roscoe Ates. Supports are of a high standard. A special children’s matinee will be held to-morrow. "COMMON CLAY.” FINAL SCREENINGS TO-DAY. Bringing one of the most noted of stage dramas to the speaking screen with Constance Bennett and Lew AyTes in the leading roles, “Common Clay” has attracted unusual attention during its current showings at the Majestic Theatre, where it will be shown for the last time to-night. The story revolves around the fall and rehabilitation of a fun-loving girl. Told in a convincingly dramatic manner and with a vivid background of modern social life, “Common Clay” is one of the most significant offerings of the season. Miss Bennett’s remarkable emotional ability has plenty of room for expression in this picture and her notable work is brilliantly duplicated by Lew Ayres in the chief male role of the boy. Tully Marshall as the attorney, with Beryl Mercer as the mother and Matty Kemp, Hale Hamilton, Purnell B. Pratt, Charles McNaughton, Ada Williams and Genevieve Blinn all do excellent work. Beryl Mercer's marvellous pantomimic talents brought her fame in “Three Live Ghosts,” and “Seven Days’ Leave.” She plays another of her inimitable “mother” roles in "Common Clay.” A number of fine supports also are screened. A matinee will be held this afternoon. “CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK.” AMOS ’N’ ANDY AT GRAND. Audiences had their first chance to gee the American radio favourites, Amos ’n’ Andy, when “Check and Double Check” was shown at the Grand Theatre last night. The influx of tons of fan letters to Amos ’n’ Andy in care of the National Broadcasting Company was the signal for spirited bidding on the part of practically every film producer. The famous kings of the air finally accepted a contract with Radio Pictures. It marks the first time that a pictura has been filmed directly in response to letters from the public. “We’ve heard Amos ’n’ Andy so much . . . we must see them!” was the substance of the vast flood of mail. “Why not put their radio story into a talking picture?" “Check and Double Check,” produced by Radio Pictures, is the result. Guided by the fans’ preponderant preference to see Amos ’n’ Andy in the same characterisations and meeting the same problems that form the basis of their daily radio sketches, the producers have not altered Amos ’n’ Andy. Their associated characters also have been retained, with the Kingfish, Madame Queen and Ruby Taylor and others playing important parts in the story. That remarkablly ramshackle vehicle, the Fresh Air Taxicab, makes its first screen appearance and audiences are taken within the sacred lodge room of the Mystic Knights of the Sea. A brilliant cast of players is seen In support of Amos ’n’ Andy, including Irene Rich, Sue Carol, Charles Morton, Ralf Harolds, and Rita La Roy. Melville Brown directed the w - iginal story by Bert Kalmar and Has-fy Ruby.