ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18168, 5 November 1930, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. : TALKIES AT CAMBRIDGE. A splendid programme is being presented at Cambridge and no doubt many picture-lovers from Hamilton are finding their way over to the sister town. “The Adventures of Submarine SI3" tells an exciting story of disaster and heroism in a steel prison 16 fathoms down.. Kenneth MacKerina and Farrell MacDonald head the 'strong cast.i The scene in which the submarine crashes and sinks holds the breathless attention of the audience, and the tense moments which follow are full of dramatic power. The true nature of each of the 14 men is revealed in such a crisis, mak’ng an Intensely interesting romance THEATRE ROYAL. A real all-youth cast is.seen in •‘‘The Forward Pass," the First National'and Vltaphone all-dialogue picture of college life. } Loretta Young, who plays the feminine lead, is only 17, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jnr., who plays opposite her, is just 21. Other youngsters who are in the cast are “Peanuts” Byron, Phyllis Crane, Dorothy Gulliver, and a host of college boys, including the entire football team of the University of Southern California. “ The Forward Pass” is a story of campus. love and football rivalry, and the football thrills are varied by plenty of comedy and a number of very snappy new songs. One of these, “ Up and At ’Em,” is a real hit of the season, and will soon be sung and .played everywhere.! Eddie Cline directed this lively -story, and has produced one of the first and -best all-talking, all-sound football pictures. The cheering of the crowds and the thud of .tackled players as they fall to the turf are thrilling, and add to the interest in the games’that are played during the progress of the picture. CIVIC THEATRE. “Anna Christie,” a gripping talkie rersion of. Eugene O’Neill’s great play, is drawing large audiences to the Civic Theatre. Anna Christie, sick at heart, stumbles into a saloon on one of New York’s old waterfront streets, looking . for her father. The father, a sailor who tries to overcome his fear of “dat debil sea” with liquor, hadn’t done very much for Anna Christie. Anna learned to hate men. And then, as the film progresses, we see Anna living on the barge with her father, a comfort to the old man who realises now more than ever, how much he loves his girl. And in the end when Anna learns that she means everything not only to'her father but also to Matt, a' sailor whom they have saved from drowning, she finds herself at the start of a new life. Greta Garbo scores a great triumph and Marie Dressier gives a striking performance. A' ROXY THEATRE. ■William Powell's first starring Paramount picture “Street of Chance,” is proving very popular at the Roxy Theatre. With a plot that sweeps along at a rapid pace, a theme that is refreshingly different, a supporting cast that is excellent, and above all, with the suave-mannered and smooth-voiced Powell dominating at every moment, this film lifts the emotions of the beholder to thrilling heights. It is a tale of big city gambling. The lives of those who live by their winnings at the poker tables of the metropolis are held up to the mirror of reality. STRAND THEATRE. “On With the Show,” Warner Bros. first 100 per cent, natural colour, talking, singing, dancing Vitaphone picture is the most important milestone of this year in the film industry. There*is not a single scene in “On With the Show ’’ which is photographed the old-fashioned way. The glamorous stage and back-stage story is seen through the medium of enchanting, ever-changing colour. “ On With the Show,” with its music, dancing, songs and gorgeous colours of settings and costumes and people on the stage, is really stunning. One forgets entirely that it is' a motion picture or even a talking picture. The effect is utter reality? It is as if one were sitting In a theatre seeing a musical comedy, with the added privilege of going backstage with the players where the real comedy and drama of their lives take place. The cast of “'On With the Show” includes Sally O’Neil, Arthur Lake, Betty Compson, William Bakewell, Louise Fazenda, ■ Sam Hardy, the Fairbanks Twins, Joe E. Brown, Lee Moran, Harry Gribbon, Wheeler Oakman, and many others.