AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 October 1929, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

COSY THEATHS. “THE DUKE STEPS OUT.” Picture patrons enjoyed seeing William Haines in “Alias Jimmy Valentine.” Now tliey may see him in his latest picture “The Duke Steps Out,” which will be shown at the Cosy Theatre to-night. Duke Wellington (William Haines) is the middleweight boxing champion of the world a wealthy young blue-blood, fi.gh;;ng for pure love of the game. On a triin he sees and falls in love wAn Sue Corbin (Joan Crawford), the prettiest co-ed at Sicrrc University. Acting on a sud dear impulse, lie decides to enter the same college under as assumed name. In “The Duke Steps Out,” you will thrill to the. colour, glamour and excitement of a championship prize 'fight, with Haines defending his title; you will enjoy his pursuit of Joan Crawford and the gradual development of a tender romance against the background of campus and college life; you will laugh at the inimitable Haines pleasantries and drolleries — his attempts to make love under the most trying conditions. “The Duke Steps Out” is the type of picture that young and old can see. Its humour and romance are clean and vdiolesomo and the picture is highly entertaining down to the final fade-out. Karl Dane, Tenen Holtz and Eddie Nugent are featured in the cast. There is a good supporting programme. Box plans at Vare’s, or ring Theatre after G. 30 p.m.

COMING ON WEDNESDAY. Thrilling adventure and haunting romance are strongly featured in the new Metro-Goldwyn-Maver giant spectacle production “White Shadows in the South Seas” which conics to the Cosy Theatre on Wednesday. The plot is built on the regeneration of a white man, who, after having sunk to the level of a beach >omber, reasserts himself to avenge a native pearl diver, and as a result of his chivalry is lured on board a plague ship, lashed to the wheel and set adrift. The ship is wrecked on the reef of a tropical island paradise where after a series of thrilling and romantic . adventures, he is adopted by a native tribe and wins the love of the chief's daughter. What happens when pearls are discovered on the island, his fight between greed and a desire for civilisation and his love for the native girl, forms a story of intense dramatic appeal. Monte Blue plays the role of the white man. Opposite him is Baquel Torres.