AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20067, 26 March 1935, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE - “RIPTIDE” Robert Montgomery supports Norma Shearer romantically for the fifth time as her play-boy courtier in “Riptide,” her new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring vehicle which concludes at the Majestic to-day. Among his first film roles was the part of Miss. Shearer's sweetheart in “Their Own Desire." In “Divorcee” he was her party pal, and in “Strangers May Kiss” he was the chap who waited in vain for her to switch her affections. “The Life of Vergie Winters” The new programme to-morrow will be headed by "The Life ■of Vergie Winters.” Ann Harding is starred in the title role of the production, and John Boles plays the leading male role. It is the first picture in which these outstanding favourites have appeared together. Playing the other woman in the romantic triangle about which the drama centres is Helen Vinson, who came from the Broadway stage to become one of the screen’s leading sirens. Through a reverse twist to the usual triangle theme, as Boles’ wife in the current production, she is virtually the menace, with the heroine figuring as the injured part so far a.s the audience is concerned. Betty Furness, in the role of Miss Harding’s daughter, and Frank Albertson, are the principals in another romance. Still a third love affair involves Molly O’Day, Wesley Barry and Ben Alexander. REGENT THEATRE “MR CINDERS ' All the good things which are usually said about British comedy at Its best can be said with safety about “Mister Cinders” which concludes at the Regent to-day. It is an English music comedy, which proved so popular on the stage that British producers felt justified in putting it on the screen for the inevitable comparison with such remarkably successful hits as “Rookery Nook” and those other comedies which put English film comedy in an unassailable position. “Student 1 Tour.” The new programme to be screened at the Regent to-morrow is one that should appeal to a large section of the picture-going public. The chief attraction will be “Student Tour,” which features the screen’s funniest pair, Jimmy Durant and Charles Butterworth. They are provided with ample scope for the display of their undoubted ability as comedians, and they provide outstanding entertainment. To miss these two in this latest release will be to miss a real pleasure, for it is doubtful if either has previously appeared to better advantage. Two other favourites of the screen, Laurel and Hardy, will be seen in “Midnight Patrol,” which is also a scream from start to finish. The entire programme will be one of the most entertaining seen at the Regent for a long time. PLEASANT POINT TALKIES A Gaumont British romantic comedy with music, “Evergreen,” featuring Jessie Matthews, and based on C. B. Cochran’s successful stage production, wil be screened at Pleasant Point tonight at 8 o’clock. Jessie Matthews is given her big opportunities in the piquant situations provided by the story, sings delightful numbers and dances with that lissom grace for which she is famed. The picture marks the return to the screen of Betty Balfour, who retains the vivacity that contributed to much of her former popularity. Entertaining variety supports will be screened.