AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19860, 25 July 1934, Page 13

AMUSEMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE •■BROADWAY THRU’ A KEYHOLE” Spectacular cabaret scenes and lilting musical numbers make of “Broadway Thru’ a Keyhole,” a picture of rare entertainment qualities. It is a musical comedy of high quality, full of good fun and clean wit and displayed beauty. The Majestic Theatre offers something both bright and beautiful in this film, which opens to-day. The splendour of New York night life makes a colourful background for the picture, which comes from the studios of the new Twentieth Century Pictures recently formed by Joseph M. Schenek and Darryl F. Zanuck. The author of “Broadway Thru’ the Keyhole” is Walter Winchell, a well-known writer of the gossip column of many newspapers, and the title and motif are taken from his gossip column. Actually the picture strikes a new note in the field of entertainment. It reveals the exciting romance of a night-club dancer and singer who is loved by and who loves a famous radio crooner and a crook. Spectacular cabaret scenes and lilting music round the picture off to perfection. There is nothing small about it and the beholder is treated to some splendid band and dance scenes. The ballet work is original, and ambitious.

REGENT THEATRE “I LIKE IT THAT WAY” The new programme at the Regent Theatre to-day will be headed by the sparkling musical romance “I Like It That Way.” The outstanding cast includes Roger Pryor, the singing star of “Moonlight and Pretzels,” Gloria Stuart, Marian Marsh, Noel Madison, Onslow Stevens, Lucille Gleason, Merna Kennedy, Eddie Grlbbon and Mickey M’Guire. Dramatic human interest is contrasted with topical comedy, which is succeeded by the thrill, glamour and excitement of gamblingnight club sequences, all of which establish the basis for the emotional finale. Never for a moment is the story proper forgotten in this picture. On the contrary, it is the motivating theme and moves along very fast. It tells of a high-pressure insurance salesman who tries to sell love on the instalment plan. Conrad, Gottler and Mitchell, famed New York song-writing team, provided the picture with such song hits as “I Like It That Way,” “Miss 1934,” sung by Gloria Stuart in the glittering Deauville Club atmosphere, and “Let’s Put Two and Two Together,” introduced by Shirley Grey at a “whoopee” party in her apartment.