ENTERTAINMENTS

Waipa Post, Volume 49, Issue 3555, 8 December 1934, Page 12

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE." 5 : TO-NIGHT AND MONDAY. " / "HANDY ANDY." 2" Will- Rogers is uproarious in ;-" Handy Andy," which opens at the ■-Regent to-day, according to report •ffrom the Coast previews. In the picture his wife, Peggy Wood, wants £him to play—and he does! And I thereby hang most of the hilarious that go 'to make this his picture. Things run smoothly -Sag long as Rogers is in-his drug store. When he sells out and starts "to he finds life-complicated; -First ■£3ie raises pigeons,, until they escape !!into the. house. Then, he tries golf, <with screamingly funny results. But Tthe climax comes when he goes with his wife ?.o New Orleans to attend -the.'Mardi Gras. .'He refuses}to at--felnd the ball with her. Later, how"eVer, wandering around iaJone, he en-''•-counters a fellow druggist and his lovely' girl, friend, Gonchita Montenegro. Mellowed by n few cocktails, Will decides to attend the ball after -all, and he chooses a leopard skin -as !-his. costume. A few mora cocktails "lend him the courage to try an ada~jrio dar.ee with the lithe C'onchita. the fun begins, His roafh and "tumble dance starts a right that ends in a rio.t; - And there's '-surprise endSing* that hasn't, been divulged in ?d----iyance of the showing. David Butler directed th-2 picture under the supo.ivision of Sol M. Wurtzd. The screen' play was written by William Conseimlm and Henry. Johnson from "he play "Merry Andrew" - by Lewis Beach. -: v . •: TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. "GALLANT LADY." ■/.'•• . < : _ fTihircie leading men, as distinct in physical type as in" dieting temperament, appear with Ann Harding ir"Gallant Lady," bar first .starring picture for 20'Jh. Century Pictures, «he feature film at the Regent Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday. Each of the.trio lays siege to her heart in his own way, with their efforts ranging all the way from tempestuous wooing, to despairing devotion. The merits of each in the eyes Qf the public will be a matter of fernShine flaste, although the authors at Ihe story have made Miss Harding's choice for her through their' development of . the drama's plot. Cliv? Brook's type is symbolic of sincerity and self-sacrifice. Otto Kruger, the

New York stage star,, by his sensation pcrforrriance in "Ever ini My He2u!t" and "Beauty For Sale," exemplifies tenderness, coupled with a quiet devotion' and a firmness of will and character. Tullio Carminati, who will be remembered for his work in the Broadway productions of "Strictly Dishonourable" and "Music in the Air," and 'is also seen in "Moulin Rouge," the new 20th Century screen musical, blends a sense of humour with his efforts to win Ann Harding's favour. He plays the role of a drshing Italian Count! an ardent WJoer who pursues her from his'native country black to America blithely refusing to accept "No" for an answer and cheerfully and wittily meeting each rebuff. Each of these characters plays an important role in the life of the girl Miss Harding portrays in the story. "Gallant Lady" was produced by Joseph M. Schenck a"d Darryl F, Zanuck for United Artist release. AT THE EMPIRE. I - K4 j . ' • . AfdAIN TO-NIGHT AND ON MONDAY. "THE SONG YOU GAVE ME." All the ingredients that go to make a really brilliant picSure were culled for the production of "The Song You Gave Me," the new 8.1. P. film at the Empire Theatre ©gain to-night and on Monday, and the recipe has resulted in a musical comedy romance Oi? refreshing gaiety , and subtle weave, guaranteed to charm the most erdent and critical filmgoers. Two of the brightest stars in the film conr.tellation, Bebe Daniels and Victor Varconi, were specially chosen to play the leads; Paul Stein, the eminent American director, was responsible for lihe production; the story is an original one, which gives ample scope to the/ director and stars, and the Jbackgrounds, both musical and arti istic, are as ravishing as anything flat- has emanated from Hollywood. If the man you loved insisted on being free from nine till eleven every evening, what wc,uld you do? Mitzi Hensen, spoilt darling of Vienna, engaged a secretary whose superb indifference and haughty efficiency, together with his personal charm and ability as a song-writer soon rendered him desirable as a male admirer, but .iust when her coterie gathered at the theatre for her evening performance be would vanish to appear again precirsly at eleven —the very embodiment of secretarial servitude. But while tracking down his dark secret she discovered another which gladdened hev heart and made her forget all but the man sihe loved. What was this dark secret which threatened the hs-pincos of a musical comedy star

and nearly ruined a handsome guards officer,? "The Song You Gave Me" supplies the answer to these queries, beside-s presenting to filmgoers the glamorous Bebe Daniels, as Mizti, in one of the finest performances of her career, in addition to singing two numbers which will soon.be sweeping the country witii their haunting refrains. Remember Bebe's lovely voice in " Rio. Rita " and imagine the added delights in store for you in .'''The Song You Gave Me." ' ■ . -