AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20440, 10 June 1936, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

STATE THEATRE “THE LITTLEST REBEL” So popular has “The Littlest Rebel” proved that the management of the State Theatre has decided to extend the season, and intending patrons will have a final chance to-day of seeing little Shirley Temple in one of her best productions. The young star sings a number of popular songs, and generally her work is up to her best standard. John Boles, and Jack Holt also appear in tire cast. “Remember Last Night?” The celebration of a wedding anniversary and the consequent loss of memory causing complications that ended disastrously for more than on# of the participants, form the theme of “Remember Last Night?” which opens a season at the State Theatre to-morrow. The party, which begins all too riotously though with just a hint of the under-current of ill feeling existing between various members of the party, continues at the same mad pace throughout the night and in the morning none of the revellers can remember much about the latter part; but they are confronted with the very real fact that one of their number is stiff and cold in his bed—shot through the heart. It becomes imperative for them to remember how this came about and none of them can, or at least none of them seem to be able to. Each time the mystery is about to be unravelled tragedy stalks closer and actually two more victims are claimed before the solution is reached. The film is crammed full of incident. REGENT THEATRE “THE GHOST GOES WEST” Patricia Hilliard, lovely Alexander Korda discovery, plans an important role in “The Ghost Goes West,” the famous producer’s gay, new, romantic comedy which brings Robert Donat to the Regent Theatre. Miss Hilliard, who won her film chance when an executive of London Films saw her in a play presented by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at which she was studying made her fil-i debut in support of Douglas Fairbanks in “The Private Life of Don Juan.” In “The Ghost Goes West,” she is part of an Imposing supporting cast including Jean Parker, Eugene Pallette and Elsa Lanchester. The comedy is released through United Artists. The story is that of the adventures of a ghost doomed to haunt an ancient Scottish castle for his past sins until he tweak the nose of a McLaggan, such being the name of the hereditary enemies of the house. When the Scottish castle is sold to a wealthy American who has it transported to his native country the ghost must perforce follow it. Eventually the nose of a McLaggan who is found in America is tweaked and the ghost is freed. Apart from this excellent film of the best English wit and humour there is a good supporting programme. MAJESTIC THEATRE “ONE MORE SPRING” Movie lovers who remember the enjoyable screen entertainment that resulted from the juxtaposition of the talents of Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter, will delight in the announcement that this team of screen lovers are again co-starred. The picture is “One More Spring,” a Fox Film production and starts a three-day engagement to-day at the Majestic Theatre. Janet Gaynor has a deeply emotional role as a courageous girl alone in the world, and Warner Baxter is the romantic adventurer who clings to the right to dream. Advance reports from cities where “One More Spring” is playing, hail the performances of these stars as extraordinary and memorable. This vibrant romance set in a sno vcoated park is said to ' e packed to the hilt with excitement. It is different from any role either star has yet had, and affords each a rare opportunity to reach new emotional heights. Brought together by chance in a park in mid-winter, a man and a girl, each penniless, seek refuge in a disused toolhouse, to which come an oddlyassorted set of characters tossed hither by adversity. Their communal, platonic life, in which they put up a stiff front and learn to extract joy out of the hard blows that come their way, make for an absorbing drama.