AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 2 February 1935, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

THE REGENT. "LITTLE MAN, WIIAT NOW?” The triumph of love over poverty, hardship and misfortune, is the theme of "Little Man, What Now?” which comes to the Regent to-day. A notable list of featured players is headed by Margaret Sullavan and Douglas Montgomery. The action of the entire picture takes place in Germany, and the unusual architecture of many of the buildings is said to lend a very definite charm to the story. One massive "set” is three blocks long, taking in all the activities of a busy Berlin street, with its odd surface cars, automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles. Other scenes take place at the railway station in the little town of Ducherow, with a strange German train pulling in on wide-gauge tracks. Public parks of Berlin come in for attention, as well as streets in other sections of the city. Still other sequences take place in a flamboyantly decorated apartment, in a typical German cafe, and in the government insurance offices. Altogether "Little Man, What Now?” furnishes in its backgrounds an authentic and intensely interesting picture of presentday Germany. Seats may be reserved at Perry’s, ’phone 2496.

COSY THEATRE.

KAY FRANCIS IN "MANDALAY.”

"Mandalay,” an exotic drama of. the East, with Kay Francis in the leading role, heads the new programme to be screened at the Cosy to-night. The principal picture, "Mandalay,” is a thrilling romance of a beautiful Russian exile who is sold in virtual slavery to an Oriental resort keeper by the man she loves. Her escape and pursuit form some of the most exciting episodes imaginable. Some of the most dramatic scenes take place in a Rangoon cafe, in which all the nationalities of Europe and Asia —with a sprinkling of Polynesia for good" luck —are represented among a hundred or more beautiful women. A dozen or more Chinese and Japanese girls are waitresses and attendants. The troupe of professional dancers who execute the stately, languorous Burmese dances for the edification of the guests are Malay. Seats may be reserved at Perry’s, ’phone 2496. ■ ■ U !