AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19957, 15 November 1934, Page 13

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE “THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN” After one of the longest careers m motion pictures, Lionel Barrymore can still show almost any actor in Hollywood points in his craft. Those who will see his performance in “This Side of Heaven” will agree that it is right up to the best Barrymore standard, and that that standard maintains an amazingly high level. “This Side of Heaven," which is the main feature at the Regent Theatre, is the type of thing that is bound to appeal to a wide public, for it is a story of everyday life. It has to do with a series of incidents in the life of an ordinary family which are quite within the range of possibility; a refreshing change from some films that have been sent here. Lionel Barrymore is cast in the sort of role that, perhaps, he does better than anything else. Martin Turner is a decidedly human character. As a business man he is nothing out of the way; as the head of the family he submits to most of its members and yet retains the affection and respect of them all. The story is concerned with the effect upon the life of such a family and such a man when he is suddenly confronted with a position in which he finds himself faced with imnpnent disgrace. Tested under the severest strains, the ties of the family hold good, and the picture concludes on an entirely happy note. MAJESTIC THEATRE “LITTLE MISS MARKER” Youngest of all mehibers of the cast of Paramount’s “Little Miss Marker,” now at the Majestic Theatre, is tiny five-year-old Shirley Temple, who plays the title role. This little girl, who is featured with such seasoned players as Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford and Lynne Overman, has been a motion picture actress for slightly more than a year. From a small beginning in the Baby Burlesque comedies, Shirley has rapidly advanced to feature parts in several comedies. Although “Little Miss Marker” marks Shirley’s first role for Paramount, she has been cast with Cary Cooper and Carole Lombard :n "Now and Forever,” which will be forthcoming soon. In “Little Miss Marker,” which was produced by B. P. Schulberg and directed by Alexander Hall, Shirley plays the role of the child who is left with the bookmaker as collateral on a racing 1.0. U. When her father fails to reclaim her Shipley is adopted by the bookmaker, Adolphe Menjou, and soon grows to be part of the strange world behind the scenes of Broadway. Although the adorable child first adopts the slang and the manners of the “mob.” she soon wins them over to her way. “HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD” AT MAJESTIC SATURDAY “The House of Rothschild” will commence a season at the Majestic on Saturday. Money, power, love—these are the three dominant moving forces in life, and full well did old Nathaniel Rothschild, of Frankfort, know it. A Jew, and painfully aware of that handicap, he was wise and crafty enough to see that money meant power, and that power meant immunity from persecution. So with his financial genius and broad perspective he founded the house of Rothschild on gold, and not. even the shock of international conflict could shift it. So the famous banking house, established in each strategic centre of Europe, becomes so potent a force that it largely directed national movements. The life story of this famous family is one of the most fascinating which has been translated into life on the screen, and Mr George Arliss gives an appealing and masterful performance as a member of the family of different generations. There are those who are inclined to say that Arliss is always Arliss and not the character, but when one remembers his courtousness and oiliness as Disraeli, his bright, cheerful modernity in “The Working Man,” and the real dramatic power he exerts as Rothschild, such criticism need not be taken 1 too seriously.