AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 October 1936, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

* STATE THEATRE. TWO BIG ATTRACTIONS. The gangster’s cloak of glamour has been stripped, from him in Richard Dix’s new picture, “ Special Investigator,” one'of the two features, to be shown at the State Theatre tonight at eight. Telling the ruthless vengeance of a gangland “mouthpiece” upon the men he had been protecting with his legal brilliance, when one of them slays his brother, this RKO Radio film is reported to go the whole way in shattering romantic ideas about public enemies. Margaret Callahan joins Dix in this turbulent romance. Others in the cast are Erik Rhodes, Sheila Terry, Owen Davis, jun., and J. Carroll Naish. Two engaging youngsters "win their big film chance together in “The First Baby,” the second feature. They are Johnny Downs and lovely Shirley Deane. Heading the cast of “The First Baby,” they portray a pair of honest J to-goodnes youngsters who marry and find out all about the triumphs and troubles of wedded bliss. Dixie. Dunbar, Jane Darwell, Marjorie Gateson and Gene Lockhart are also included in the cast. Reserves at F. J. Adcock’s, ’phone 1275. ’ “RHODES OF AFRICA.” “Rhodes of Africa” comes to the State Theatre on Saturday next. Reserves at F. J. Adcock’s, ’phone 1275. COS'S' THEATRE. TWO FEATURE PROGRAMME. The picture version of Owen Wister’s famous story, “The Virginian,” is one of two feature films included in the new programme to be screened at the Cosy Theatre this evening. Gary Cooper has the title role, Walter Huston that of the fast-shooting villain, and Richard Arlen, Mary Brian and Eugene Pallette are in the supporting cast of the production, which was adapted from the novel and play by Owen Wister and Kirk LaShelle. Hundreds of bellowing cattle, hard-riding and straight-shooting cowboys and rustlers, form the background for a delightful love story and outdoor film classic. The memorable battles between the McFaddens and the McTavislies in their classic feud provide the background of the amiable and always interesting Paramount film, “McFadden’s Flats,” also included in the programme, which introduces Walter Welly, a famous American stage actor, to the screen. Supported by Andy Clyde, Jane Darwell, Richard Cromwell and Betty Furness, Kelly acts the role of the battling Irishman who rises from brick-laying to wealth without once relenting in his feud with his Scottish enemy. Reserves at Perry’s, ’phone 2496.

THE REGENT. TWO FEATURE PROGRAMME. With Frances Farmer now under .contract to Paramount in the leading role, “Too Many Parents,” which boasts five of Hollywood’s leading juvenile actors in its cast, will be shown at the Regent Theatre this evening at eight, as one of two features. The youngsters who support Miss Farmer, Lester Matthews' and Henry Travers, in this picture of modem marriage and children of divorce, are' George Ernest, Sherwood Bailey, Buster Phelps, Douglas Scott and Billy Lee, all veteran screen performers, some of them graduates of the famous Our Gang comedy school. A drama tingling with excitement and suspense, Paramount’s “Desert Gold” is the second feature. The stirring tale of a white man’s treachery in his effort to obtain the last of an Indian tribe’s wealth, is the basis for one of the most moving tales of the Old West. Tom Keene is excellent as the young engineer who falls in love with Marsha Hunt, a charming and capable actress. Monte Blue convincingly plays the mine promoter who kidnaps the Indian, portrayed by Larry (“Buster”) Crabbe, while the comedy moments in the picture are well carried by Raymond Hatton and Robert Cummings. “Desert Gold,” with its intrigue, its romance, its bitter fighting, is an actionful and colourful romance. Reserves at W. G. Perry’s, ’phone 2496.