DRAMA AND MUSIC

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 197, 23 August 1935, Page 10

DRAMA AND MUSIC

i “RECKLESS” HAS BOTH UN LSI’AL MAJESTIC FILM A most unusual and entertaining picture which combines the best features of several of the more or less standardised types, is “Reckless, ’ ’ commencing to-morrow at the Majestic Theatre. Although it can be classed as a dancing and niusi al production, and a very new one at that, music is not allowed to carry all of the interest. There is also a highly dramatic plot, which deals with a new aspect of the eternal triangle. The musical and dancing side of the picture reveals Jean Harlow in a new and refreshingly vital role. No fewer than four new song numbers, several of which are sung by Jean Harlow herself with full orchestral and ballet accompaniment, are introduced. They are “Reckless,” the theme song, “Hi Diddle Dee IDuin, “Everything’s Been Doni* Before, and “Hear What my is Saying.” The famous Oscar Kammerstein aud Jerome Kern were responsible for flip musical side of the film. Opposite Miss Harlow. William Powell and Franchot Tone share the honours. Both purl ray widely differing characters, Powell as. the cynical sportsman and Tone as the wealthy playboy. A most human characterisation is that of Granny, by May Robson. As the henchmen and bodyguarl of the sports promoter. Ted Healy and Nat Pendleton I are always prominent. Rosalind Russell and Henry Stephenson arc others in the cast, which also includes the celebrated wrestler “Man Mountain ’ Dean. Charlotte Bronte’s self-revelatory novel “Jane Eyre” has gripped the hearts of readers for more than threequarters of a century. It was ac»claimed as the work of a positive genius when published in October, .1847, and at once achieved a decided success. An innate modesty and sensitiveness prompted Charlotte Bronte to assume the pen-name of Currer Bell. anj| to keep her own identity secret, even from the publishers. However, it is recorded, a shrewd Yorkshircman who knew Haworth (where the Brontes lived), divined the secret of the unassuming authoress and published his discovery. The tender romance, the heartbreak, the poignant drama or “Jane Eyre,” the lonely girl who was soul-starved for human love, and finally .found happiness after a series of tragic events, are as absorbing to readers of to-day as of that early Victorian period when such literary giant' as Dickens and Thackeray were at the height of their fame. “Jane Eyre” comes to the screen at the Majestic Theatre next Wednesday with Virginia Bruce in tho title, role, and Colin Cliye portraying Rochester. Others in the cast include Jameson Thomas, Beryl Mercer, Aileen Pringle. Lionel Belmore. Lorimer Johnston, David Torrence, and Ethel Griffies. The popular co-starr.ng team Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell will be seen at the Majestic Theatre next Saturday in “Flirtation Walk.” W’here thenother successes have presented them against a theatrical background, flirtation Walk” shows them in an entirely new setting. Their romance begins in Hawaii, where Ruby, a general’s daughter, meets Dick, a young private in the army. Then the action switches to West Point, where Dick is trying to make himself an officei and gentleman.” There arc R^ v 0 magnificent dance sequences, featuring hundreds of Hollywood’s most beautiful girls. The Hawaiian dance num-

ber introduces Sol Hoopii and his orchestra. Tho song hits include “Mr. and Mrs. is the Name,’’ “No Horse No Wife, No Moustache,” and “Flirtation Walk.”