AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 March 1932, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

THE REGENT.

4 ‘STJRICTLY DISKON 0 UR ABLE. ’ ’

Said to be one of the most delightful motion pictures to reucit the local screen m many a day “Strictly Dishonourable,” c liivcroiil ’s sopnisacated comedy opens at tne Regent 'theatre to-day. in uie subtle piquancy of its story, the brilliance of its dialogue and the "acting of\ s it9 players, even down to the smallest role, this screen p.ay is a positive gem. And it is f-um-wurthy that there is not an “extra” in the picture. The cast is not large, and every, role is an.“acting” part, haul Lukas is quite in character as the continental lover, and delivers, a performance bound to increase his rapidly growing circle of feminine admirers. Dainty little Sidney Fox is simply delightful as the innocent Southern girl, and Lewis Stone’s attainments as an actor have never been better demonstrated than in his role of the dignified judge who becomes pleasantly “jingled” each evening. Others who contribute able characterisations to the picture are William Ricciardi, George Meeker, Sidney Toley and Joseph W. Girard. All the action of “Strictly Dishonourable” takes place in a New York speakeasy and the apartments above it, and the picture follows the adventures of a Southern girl and an Italian opera singer whose intentions, as he admits to her, are “strictly dishonourable.” And as soon as they arrive in his apartment he proceeds to demonstrate the truth of his statement! Reserves at V a re’s or ’phone 1333.

COSY THEATRE. “RECKLESS LIVING." The race track and all of its intimate sidelights, including “bookies” and other features not seen in this country, are material of “Reckless Living,” to be shown for the last time °at the Cosy Theatre this evening. Of the members of the cast, Mae Clarke and Ricardo- Cortez take notable parts. Reserves at Vare's or ’phone 1333. “THE SPECKLED BAND.” A most faithful picturisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s successful book is “The Speckled Band,” the British Dominions Eilm, coming to the Cosy Theatre to-morrow afternoon and evening Atmosphere has been, through modernisation, greatly improved and Eavmond Massey as the modern conception of Sherlock Holmes, excells himself. The story deals with the villainy of an Anglo-Indian who plots the death of his two stepdaughters so that he may secure the fortunes willed to them by a. deceased parent. Sherlock Holmes intervenes and many hairraising and exciting sequences take Mace before the final denouement. Lyn Harding, veteran of the English stage, ■pi avs the role of the villainous Dr. Rylott, while Athole Stewart, who will be well remembered for his very fine acthig in “Canaries Sometimes Sing,” has the nart of Holmes' most intimate friend, Dr. Watson. Angela Baddelcv. as the beauty in distress is a tvpma' example of fresh English irrlhnod. Her cultured voice 5- a n’oa-v e to hs+er t O . -Reserves at Varc's, ’phone 1333.