AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19667, 8 December 1933, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE. “I LOVED YOU WEDNESDAY.” ! "I Loved You Wednesday” will be ! screened finally to-day. The manner In which four worldly-wise people meet | a complicated situation—the dancer, [ her engineer-fiance, her former lover I and his beautiful but neglected wife—is absorbingly interesting, and the de- ! nouement is surprising'. Two unusual i features of the film are a dramatisI ation of the work at Boulder Dam and | the Dance of the Maidens. The dance, I participated in by hundreds of Holly- { wood beauties, is said to be the most ! elaborate of its kind ever presented in a screen play. “Her First Mate”—To-morrow. When Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts appear as the principals in a film there is every reason to expect excellent humour. “Her First Mate," their latest co-starring picture, which comes to the Majestic Theatre tomorrow, upholds fully the anticipation of fine comedy; and Summerville and Zasu Pitts are seen in comic situations which cannot fail to amuse audiences. They are, of course, the dominating figures in this hilarious offering, but mention must be made of Una Merkel, Warren Hymer and Henry Armetta, each ol whom appears prominently and has an important characterisation. The story is much out of the ordinary. There is no rigid adherence to what can become a formula for the theme of comedy films. As John Horner, of Snag Harbour, New York State, Slim Summerville appears as a gentleman with great desires to be a captain of a deep-sea sailing ship. His ancestors were engaged in that way, and he obviously feels stifled by the “smalltown” atmosphere of Snag Harbour. REGENT THEATRE. “THE KEYHOLE.” “The Keyhole” will be screened »t the Regent to-day only. Kay Francis and George Brent have the leading roles. The keyhole of the story expresses the nature of the detective’s life, in this case circumscribing his manhood when he finds that he loves the woman whom he has been Engaged to betray. It is in the power of the story to enthral, and the players have made it do so. Not only that, but the production has made the keyhole become the aperture through which the audience may see and live with the drama. There is a fine end to the story of high dramatic quality.

Double Bill To-morrow. “The Medicine Man” and “Called Back” will be shown to-morrow. Among the many English artists who have made a name for themselves in American pictures, none is better known than Claude Allister. Allister made a comfortable niche for himself for his interpretation of the typical “silly ass” complete with monocle and stutter, and was seen in picture after picture turned out from the Hollywood studios. Now he is back in England lending his elegant presence to British pictures, and is starred in “The Medicine Man.” In this farcical comedy he shares the laughs with Frank Pettingell, a hearty Lancashire comedian, who can put over a funny line with the best of them. These two comedians are as different in the manner in which they gain their laughs as it is possible to imagine. “Called Back” is also a film of unusual interest, completing a fine programme.