AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19853, 17 July 1934, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

"IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT.” CLARK GABLE AND CLAUDETTE COLBERT. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert have the principal roles m “It Happened One Night.” which is now at the Regent Theatre. Gable is cast as an adventurous newspaperman out of a job, while Miss Colbert Is the pampered society heiress kidnapped by her father, Walter Connoll, immediately after her wedding to Jameson Thomas, playboy. Miss Colbert escapes from her father's yacht and attempts to rejoin her husband in New York by ’bus. Gable is a fellow passenger. The adventures of these two young moderns constitute one of the most delightful of present-day romances. “This is the Life.” The attraction opening at the Regem to-morrow will be “This is the Life, starring the popular comedian, Gordon Harker. In it Gordon Harker has for his laughter-creating partner the famous English singing and dancmg comedienne, Binnie Hale. One of the highlights of the picture is the screamingly funny burlesque by Miss Hale and Harker of the famous “Miserere duet from “II Trovatore.” The piece is described as a riot of fun arising from the sudden rise to fortune and high society circles of a couple of intensely human Cockneys. “A TICKET IN TATTS.” GEORGE WALLACE COMEDY. To those who have seen George Wallace in vaudeville. George Wallace needs no recommendation. But even to these people his performance in “A Ticket in Tatts,” now at the Majestic Theatre, comes as a surprise. The picture is one of the funniest seen in Timaru for many months. “The Good Companions.” However far or eagerly one casts one’s mind back over past talking picture triumphs it is impossible to remember one to excel “The Good Companions,” the British production which will start at the Majestic tomorrow. The picture is built strongly on a wide frame and is, in effect, a vista of life; it is essentially a product of England, and still, for more than merely that reason, it will strike an intimate, sympathetic chord in New Zealanders’ hearts. In spite of its wide construction, the intimacy of the story is very real, and is a strong reason for its almost astoundingly great popularity in book form and the equally great enthusiasm which has in all parts heralded its filming. It is impossible to praise too highly the achievement of the Gaumont British Film Company. The producers have followed the main lines of the story closely and graphically and with just sufficient attention to detail. Winsome and brilliantly gay, Jessie Matthews plays Susie excellently. The character of Inigo Jollifant is closely and spontaneously followed by John Gielgud. Old Jess, Miss Trant the original members of the concert party, and all r.he others are also interpreted very accurately by clever players. PLEASANT POINT TALKIES. “My Weakness” an uproarious comedy, featuring Lillian Harvey and Lew Ayres, will be screened at Pleasant Point to-night. There will also De excellent variety supports.