AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19373, 23 December 1932, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS

"UNASHAMED.” COURT ROOM DRAMA AT MAJESTIC. "Unashamed,” the story of a girl who is pitted against her own brother in a remarkable court-room drama is the current attraction at the Majestic Theatre. Helen Twelvetrees plays the heroine whose indiscretions force her to face the choice of sacrificing her honour or dooming her brother to death at the hands of the executioner. Robert Young, who last scored in “New Morals For Old,” and “The Wet Parade,” plays the brother and the cast also includes Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt. John Miljan, Monroe Owsley, Robert Warwick and Gertrude Michael. The story was written by Bayard Veiller, author of “The Trial of Mary Dugan,” and “Within the Law,” and was directed by Harry Beaumont. “MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS.” MAJESTIC TO-MORROW. The long and eagerly awaited screen offering “The Maid of the Mountains" which will have its New Zealand premiere at the Majestic to-morrow, is said to surpass both in beauty and thrills the expectations of even the producers themselves. The haunting melodies which have been hummed all over the world by all sorts of people are brought once more to your ears as an accompaniment to one of the most thrilling and romantic stories the screen has yet offered. Nancy Brown, an exotic and talented newcomer to filmdom in the starring role, playing opposite that popular idol, Harry Welchman, heads a dazzling constellation of artists which includes Betty Stockfeld, Albert Burdon, Renee Gadd, Gus McNaughton, Garry Marsh, Wallace Lupino and Dennis Hoey. The never-to-be-forgotten scenic splendour of the production, many of the principal scenes for which w'ere filmed in one of England's most famed beauty spots—Cheddar Gorge, allied to the direction of that grand little comedian Lupino Lane, should make “The Maid of the Mountains” a super entertainment worthy to rank with the foremost films of the world. "MILLION DOLLAR LEGS.”

OAKIE FARCE FOR ROYAL.

Stellar comedians and pretty girls constitute the cast in Paramount’s hilarious Olympic Games farce, "Million Dollar Legs,” which opens to-morrow at the Theatre Royal. The comedians include Jack Oakie, W. C. Fields, Andy Clyde, Ben Turpin, Hank Mann, George Barbier, Hugh Herbert and little Dickie Moore. Advance reports say that they play their respective roles to the hilt, and that each in turn, “steals” the picture. The girls are Lyda Roberti. blonde stage star who first achieved screen honours in “Dancers in the Dark”; Susan Fleming and Geneva Mitchell, former Ziegfeld Follies charmers. “MURDER ON THE SECOND FLOOR.” MYSTERY DRAMA AT REGENT. In "Murder on the Second Floor,” which is now at the Regent Theatre, Frank Vosper has written an intriguing story, in which the old world calm of Bloomsbury is suddenly disturbed bv a sensational murder, which fortunately after all, and for those who are anxious to see the good name of this pleasant and law-abiding district preserved, ultimately proves to be no more than the fruits of a playwright’s imagination. The work of the leading dramatist of the day, a powerful cast of experienced and distinguished players with soundly established reputations, the technical experience of men picked from Hollywood, make “Murder on the Second Floor” good entertainment. “BIRDS OF PARADISE.” Talkies of the South Sea Islands in the past have been set on stereotyped lines for the most part, but something that breaks away from the usual run in the vividness of its appeal, the breath-taking type of romance, and the exotic nature of the tribal life, which is recorded with absolute accuracy, is “Bird of Paradise,” which will open at the Regent Theatre to-morrow. Endowed with an exceptionally strong story, based on the celebrated play by Richard Walton Tully, “Bird of Paradise” must rank as one of the major achievements of talking pictures, and forms a notable step in the advancement of the screen. MICKEY MpUSE PARTY. To-morrow will be a red letter day for Mickey Mouse’s friends. He is holding a birthday party at the Regent Theatre in the morning at 10.30 and all his young patrons are invited. Every child attending the matinee will be presented with a piece of Christmas pudding, which incidentally will include something which will prove welcome to those securing the lucky pieces of pudding. As a special treat for children from orphanages and a number of others who do not usually enjoy the pleasure of attending the pictures, a special matinee has been arranged for this morning at the Regent Theatre.