AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 24 December 1932, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

THE REGENT. “BACK STREET. ’’ The feature item in the programme to be presented this evening is “Back Street,” a dramatisation of a novel by Fannie Ilurst. The picture unfolds the story -of a girl who gives up liome, security, children and happiness in ■order to be with the man she loved. The part of Ray, the girl who preferred romance to a loveless marriage, is taken by Irene Dunn and John Boles appears as Walter Saxel, a young, handsome and ambitious man, invited to choose between a mad love and a woman who could help his career. It is said that the performances of Miss Dunn and John Boles are the finest they have given. A talented supporting cast includes Zasa Pitts, June Clyde and many other favourites. “Back Street” runs its course in dramatic scenes to a tragic culmination in which Ray, her lover dead, is left alone, friendless and unprovided for, facing a world by which she is scorned. Seats may bo reserved in Yare’s, ’phone 1333.

COSY THEATRE. WIIEX A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND The new programme to be presented this evening is headed by “When a Feller Needs a Friend.” This is described as an affecting story in which Jackie Cooper outshines any of lus previous performances. Jackie has the part of a boy crippled from birth, who fights to overcomo the handicap. Charles “Chic” Sale gives another of his inimitable portrays of “old men.” His Uncle Jonas is one of the most human and lovable characters he has ever attempted. The locale of the story is in a small town at the home of Tom Randall, moderately successful lawyer. The Randalls, played with real sympathy by Ralph Graves and Dorothy Peterson, are united in anxious solicitation over the welfare of their crippled son, Limpy. Their overanxious coddling of the boy is the cause of difficulties that are a foundation for tho action of the production. Jackie and Sale between them provide many hilarious moments. Scats may be reserved at Yare’s, ’phone 1333.