AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21085, 11 July 1938, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS

"HAWAII CALLS” BOBBY BREEN AT STATE Bobby Breen’s silvery voice is heard to advantage in "Hawaii Calls” at the State. Of unusual appeal is the background of the picture, the semi-tropi-cal beauty of the Hawaiian Islands. Many of Honolulu's renowned scenes, including the harbour, Waikiki Beach, and beauty spots of the interior, are included. The picture’s tense drama, from a plot by the foremost writer on Hawaiian subjects, deals with an attempt to steal Government naval secrets. Comedy is served through the inclusion of grim-visaged Ned Sparks and the veteran Irvin S. Cobb. Instrumental music is supplied by the orchestra of Raymond Paige, one of radio’s outstanding conductors; and the most talented native Hawaiian dancers and singers are seen and heard throughout the picture.

‘BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S REVENGE.”

MYSTERY AT THE REGENT The murder of an eminent British scientist who has just invented tiic w -la’s most powerful explosive, provides John Howard with a mystery in Paramount's "Bulldog Drummond’s Revenge,” at the Regent, in which, he plays the title role. Although the lives of all are in constant danger because the murderer carries with him a suitcase of "Haxonite," the super-explosive which he has stolen from his victim. Howard plunges forward into the pursuit, and with the help ol John Barrymore, of Scotland Yard, corners hit man and saves England’s military secret. In the supporting cast are Reginald Denny, Louise Campbell and E. E. Clive, with Louis King directing. "Thrill of a Lifetime,” the new Para-mou.-.t musical comedy-romance which is shown in support, boasts three of the season’s top song hits. “Thrill or a Lifetime,” "Sweetheart Time” and “Paris in Swing." in addition there are two novelties by the Yacht Club Boys, “It's Been a Whole Year" and “If We Could Run the Country 1 a Day.” "Ourselves Alone” Exciting scenes of the Irish Rebellion were reconstructed and enacted in the peaceful lanes of Hertfortshire for "Ourselves Alone,” a film drama of “The Trouble,” which will be released at the Regent Theatre to-morrow. Armoured cars bristling with machine guns tore round corners near Auot, St. Laurence, one of the prettiest villages in the country, which, in the film, represents a small Irish hamlet. Local inhabitants stared with wide and wondering eyes as the detachments of Blacks and Tans and Royal Irish Constabulary marched through their village streets. The armoured cars were on the way to rescue a young officer of the British Intelligence Corps, John Loder, who had been captured by the rebels, and was shot by them to avenge the death of their leader, the notorious O’Dea. “Hitch Hikelady” is a gay comedy featuring Arthur Trecher, Alison Skipworth and other bright players.

'MARIE WALEWSKA” AT MAJESTIC

SPECTACULAR FILM Telling the story of the tragic romance between Countess Marie Walewska and Napoleon Bonaparte, “Marie Walewska” has created widespr- d interest at the Majestic. The charming Swedish actress Greta Garbo, appearing for the twenty-sec-ond time in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, has the leading feminine role, being cast as the countess opposite Charles Boyer, famous French character actor in the role of Napoleon. The plot deals with the French Emperor’s visit to Poland in 1804, when he met the Polish girl who became the great love of his life, and follows their romance to their final farewell at Elba. In point of its magnitude of settings, lavishness and the Importance of cast, “Marie Walewska” is claimed to eclips- even such Garbo successes as “Camille" and “Queen Christina.” The producer, Bernard Hyman, provid . the story with settings and costumes of a spectacular nature, among the outstanding scenes being Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, the idyllic scenes at the beautiful Castle Finckenstein, where Napoleon and Countess Walewska made a temporary home and the spectacular ballroom scene in Warsaw. Among the main supporting players are Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen and Alan Marshall. The excellent associate programme includes a Metro-Goldwyn-

Mayer novelty “Jungle Juveniles,” and a Fitzpatrick Travelogue, “Glimpses of i Austria.” Marlene Dietrich in “Angel” The success of Paramount’s “Angel,” Miss Dietrich believes, is due to the fine cast as well as to the genius of Lubitsch. "Working with Herbert Marshall and Melvyn Douglas would be enjoyable for any actress. I have worked before with Mr Marshall, in ‘The Blonde Venus,’ several years ago, but this was my first picture with Mr Douglas. He is a capable and sensitive actor, and one with whom I hope to make another picture some time. I know that both of these men joined me in my admiration of Ernst Lubitsch and that they found as much pleasure in working with him as I did. Mr Marshall had made another picture directed by Lubitsch. ‘Trouble in Paradise,’ so ‘Angel’ was to him a pleasant reunion with a fine director." "Angel" is a sparkling comedy which opens at the Majestic on Wednesday.