AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19943, 30 October 1934, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE "WONDER BAR” The current programme at the Regent, headed by “Wonder Bar,” will conclude to-day. “Wonder Bar” is a musical drama of Parisian night life with Miss Francis sharing stellar roles with Dick Powell, Dolores Del Rio, A 1 Jolson, Hal Le Roy and many others. Lloyd Bacon directed while the spectacle numbers were staged and created by Busby Berkeley. “Palooka” To-morrow. The largest collection of stellar talent ever recruited for a feature comedy is represented in “Palooka,” which will commence at the Regent to-morrow. There is a great big happy family of such celebrated personalities as Jimmie Durante, Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Armstrong, Thelma Todd, William Cagney, Mary Carlisle and others, with Gus Arnheim and his orchestra in the offing to claim their share of glory. MAJESTIC THEATRE “MANHATTAN MELODRAMA.” To-day will see the final screening of “Manhattan Melodrama.” Clark Gable, William Powell and Myrna Loy are the stars, and the supporting cast includes Leo Carillo, Nat Pendelton , Isabel Jewell and others of note. The picture is a fast-moving story with Gable as a high-powered gambler and racketeer, and Powell as the district attorney, his life-long friend, forced to choose between love and duty. W. S. Van Dyke directed. “Happy Ever After.” Combining charm of story with flawless technique, “Happy Ever After” which is to commence at the Majestic to-day is a delightfully light and airy comedy. Humour punctuating the minor disappointments of life sustains the film which is a story of quite ordinary people treated from rather a fantastic angle. The deft handling of fantasy and reality in this fascinating picture is exceedingly clever. Set in the carefree atmosphere of Berlin, Jack Hulbert and Sonnie Hale are cast as two window-cleaners. While carrying out their duties on the windows of the American embassy in Berlin the two men see a wistful litle girl, JouJou, played by Lilian Harvey, being bullied by a commissionaire who, after informing her that he was tired of throwing her out, proceeds to do it again. The climax is surprisingly unexpected and besides pleasing the audience from the sentimental point of view raises maqy hearty laughs. PLEASANT POINT TALKIES “Berkeley Square,” featuring the three great English “stars,” Heather Angel, Leslie Howard, and Beryl Mercer, will be screened at Pleasant Point to-night. The story, which has a most unusual theme, spans two centuries and the staging is delightful. There will be a good variety supporting programme. 1