ENTERTAINMENTS

Waipa Post, Volume 42, Issue 3314, 25 June 1931, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

EMPIRE THEATRE, TO-NIGHT AND FRIDAY. "PLUNDER." It is quite impossible to convey in words the screamingly funny humour in "Plunder," the British and Dominions film of the Aldwych farce showing at the Empire Theatre to-night and Friday night. Of the many funny incidents one situation stands out—a scene in Scotland Yard when Ralph Lynn, as D'Arcy Tuck, and his partner in crime, Tom Walls as Freddie Malone, are interviewing some of the detectives working on a mysterious burglary that took place in a country mansion. Ralph Lynn's mane expression and his brilliant method ot conveying in his fatuous remarks wistful appeal that is incomparable.

SATURDAY AND MONDAY.

"FRENCH LEAVE."

"French Leave," to be screened at the Empire Theatre on Saturday and Monday, is the fourth British superfilm which British Dominions Films Ltd. have released in Australasia. Captain Reginald Berkeley's play, from which the film is adapted, is one of the most brilliant successes of the English stage. Its well constructed plot, the humour and pathos underlying the story; each character is essentially true in conception; the scintillating dialogue, are all factors that have made it an ideal subject for adaptation to the talking .picture screen. Jack Raymond enthusiastically accepted the offer to direct, and British Dominions Films, Ltd., resolved that this production should be one Which should bring added distincSSTto the British .film industry. Every facility was placed at Kaymond's disposal. Complete freedom was allowed in the choice pi scenarist, cast production assistants, cameramen and the technical staff. The cast includes Madeleine Carroll, Sydney Howard and Arthur Chesney and it may. be noted that the "French Leave" unit, when it was m production, was one of the happiest assembly of enthusiastic workers ever engaged in making a talking film.