Thames Theatres.

Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19345, 28 February 1935, Page 2

Thames Theatres.

THE KING'S. . # , For those who seek the ultimate in thrills and a warming human story the new Fox Film production,. "Marie Galante," can be recommended without reservation. The picture opens tonight at the King's Theatre with Ketti Gallian and Spencer Tracy co-starred. Ketti Gallian, exotic and lovely importation from the European stage, makes hev screen debut. She has the qualities which should place her among the really big personalities of the screen: beauty, talent, great personal glamour and charm. As the wistful "Marie Galante," lost far from her homeland in an amazing maze of international intrigue, always seeking a return to the dear France from which she has been torn, she creates a most touching and poignant figure. Spencer Tracy, forceful and dynamic, plays opposite her as the young American who at first tracks her down as a suspect, then comes to her defence. Together these two players weave a spell of authentic romance, to which is added the glamour of the story's setting—the fabulous and vivid life of the Canal Zone, with its mysteries, its passions and its secret streets.

"Just Like Heaven," also showing to-night, tells a love story of Paris —of the happy, cheerful people who live and work in the Street of the Poor —while they dream of some day rising above their poverty and squalor. Two such are Tobey Mitchell and Mimi. Tobey aspires to be a designer of pageants. Mimi wants to be a great dancer. But there is Pifi, of the cafe, who wants Tobey; and Jean, of the dog circus, who wants Mimi. These four roles are portrayed by Anita Louise, as Mimi, David Newell, as Tobey, Yola d'Avril, as Fifi, and Gaston Glass, as Jean.

THE REGENT.

Janet Gaynor and Lew Ayres, erstwhile screen sweethearts of "State Fair," have been reunited by popular demand in the Fox Film, "Servants' Entrance," showing at the Regent Theatre to-night. Miss Gaynor plays a rich society girl in search of new experiences, and Mr. Ayres portrays a young inventor who has turned to chauffeuring in order to support hmiself while he perfects his new type motorboat. The picture is a departure from the usual straight romantic role played by Miss Gaynor. Here comedy is blended with romance, and for the first time on the screen Janet Gaynor is seen as a versatile and able comedienne. The theme of "Servants' Entrance" deals with the romance which develops between Ayres, as the family chauffeur, and Miss Gaynor as the rich girl who is continually in hot water as an inexperienced kitchen maid. The two give a fine performance,