AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 1 August 1933, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

COSY THEATRE. “MADAME BUTTE® ELY. ’ ’ “Madame Butterfly” will be shown finally at the Cosy Theatre to-night. Reserves a,t Perry ’s, ’phone 2496. ‘'SECRET OP MADAME BLANCHE.” A most vivid tale of mother love is being presented at the Cosy Theatre to-morrow. It is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s “Secret of Madame Blanche.” The leading role l —that of a chorus girl who marries'a titled'’Englishman— is taken by the beautiful Irene' Dunne, whose performance is nothing short of inspiring. The story covers a period of more than twenty years, and Miss Dunne is seen first as -a (beautiful young Avoman,’ and later, as the years roll by, as a broken-hearted outcast, forsaken by everyone, fighting for the life of 'her son, who had been taken from her when he was a tiny child. The film is brimful of dramatic situation® that call for the most brilliant acting, and not one of the cast lets the show down. Supporting the star are Lionel Atwill, the noted English star, Phillips Holmes, Una Merkel and Douglas Walton. Reserves at Perry’s, ’phone 2496. THE REGENT. f “IP I HAD A MILLION.” Fifteen stars are cast together in, “If I Had a Million,” which comes to the Regent Theatre this evening and will be shown finally at matinee and evening performances to-morrow. It is claimed that this make® the most important array of cinema talent which has ever been seen in a single production. The stars are Gary Cooper, George Raft, Wynne Gibson, Charles Laughton, Jack Oakie, Prances Dee, Charlie Ruggles, Alison Skip-worth, W. 0. Fields, Mary Boland, Roseoe Kara®, May Robson, Gene Raymond, Lucien Littlefield and Richard Bennett. They play in the story of an eccentric old millionaire who distributes hi® fortune among eight persons whose names , he chooses at random from a telephone directory. One of the beneficiaries is an ex-vaudeville actress; another, a lady of dubious past; a third, a rowdy Marine; another a young husband; another, an abused clerk in a china shop; another, a condemned murderer only a few hours from the electric chair; another, an inhabitant of an Old Ladies’ Home; another, a forger being sought •by the police; and the last, an underdog in an office. To each, sudden' wealth means something else. Tragedy and comedy follow in the Wake of the gifts f its results are sometimes ironic, sometimes romantic. Seats may be reserved at Perry ’phone 2496. “THE KID PROM SPAIN.” Described as one of the biggest bits of the year’s screen production, Eddie Cantor’s latest musical comedy, “The Kid from Spain,” commences at the Regent Theatre on Thursday.