SHIRLEY TEMPLE FILM.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20539, 14 February 1935, Page 3

SHIRLEY TEMPLE FILM.

Child Star Plays Big Part in “ Now and For Ever.” “Grand Canary” (Warner Baxter and Madge Evans) will conclude its season at the Regent Theatre to-mor-row night. Katharine Hepburn, Mae West and Clark Gable all rose to an amazing degree of film fame in a comparatively short time, but they have all surely been outstripped by youthful Shirley Temple. This little sensation’s latest picture, “ Now and For Ever,” will be shown at the Regent Theatre on Saturday. After her rise to popularity through such films as “Stand Up and Cheer,” “ Baby, Take a Bow,” and “ Little Miss Marker,” this clever child has revealed a surprising maturity and endeared herself to every film-goer who has seen her. In “ Now and For Ever” she appears with such well-known players as Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard. but as in her previous pictures she holds the undivided attention of the audience from fiigt to last. The beginning of the story shows Cooper and Carole Lombard as two daring but charming criminals, who are forced to flee to another city with the police close on their trail. However, for the sake of their young child they decide to break away from their former habits, but they find that this is more difficult than they expected, and the complications which ensue form the basis of a highly entertaining production. Both Cooper and Carole Lombard captivate the audience with their likeable qualities, which they cannot conceal under their callous exteriors, and their performances are excellent. Box plans at the D.I.C.