ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18405, 12 August 1931, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. CIVIC THEATRE. “The Right to Love" is a stirring •nd poignant love story, told in a straightforward manner. It reveals three generations of women (all played by Ruth Chatterton) in their desperate fight to win the love that is every woman’s heritage. At first Miss Chatterton is seen as Naomi Kellogg, a young, imaginative girl, to whom a brief, Intense love brings a life of sorrow. Later she plays Naomi Evans, the old and disillusioned wife of a man she has never loved. Anl, finally, she is cast as Brook Evans, who, like her mother, years before, seeks tha love which wall make her life full and complete. In these contrasted roles Miss Chatterion does some of the finest work of her career. By her splendid performances Miss Chatterton again proves the right to be called the most talented actress appearing in talking pictures. The supporting cast Includes Paul Lukas, Irving Pichel, Oscar Apfel, and David Manners. STRAND THEATRE. The clever comedian Joe E. Brown provides excellent entertainment in “Going Wild." Mr Brown is cast as a newspaper reporter who loses his position and, in company with another young man in similar circumstances, boards a train without any definite idea of where he is going. The Irate guard, finding that the pair have neither tickets nor money, orders them to leave the train at the first stop, and on disembarking they are confronted by a procession arranged in honour of a famous but very bashful aviator, who was expected by the same train but was too shy to face the crowd, and decided to travel further. Brown poses as the aviator, and after attending many banquets in honour of the famous ace, is forced into a stunting competition against another prominent pilot. His amazement at finding himself in the air in a fast aeroplane, and the subsequent manoeuvres of the machine, are highly amusing. Several skilled pilots took part in the flying scenes, and the stunting is of a very high order. A second attraction will be "Man to Man," an exciting comedy-drama featuring Phillips Holmes. THEATRE ROYAL. Two features will be screened at the Theatre Royal to-night—“A Notorious Affair,” featuring that polished actor, Basil Rathbone, and "Temptation." The struggle of a woman married to a genius to “ hold her man ” is the theme of “ A Notorious Affair.” Billie Dove stars in the role of Patricia, a high-spirited English girl married to Paul Gherardl, a violinist, played by Basil Rathbone. Patricia's fight to make her husband famous and successful, then her subsequent battles to keep his loyalty, are convincingly shown in this picture. Billie Dove does some of the best acting of her career. She is ably supported by Basil Rathbone, who makes Gherardl a living. breathing man, with struggles like our own, a man who Is strong enough to conquer the world, but who needs help In conquering himself. He has his moments of great sacrifice, of petty weakness, of natural egoism and Of genuine love. • ROXY THEATRE. In “Don’t Bet On Women,” a comedy of American society, tha leading players are Edmund Lowe, Jeanette MacDonald, Roland Young, Una Merkel, J. M. Kerrigan, Helene Millard, and Henry Kolker. Lowe proves his versatility by appearing as a sophisticated man-about-town who becomes involved in a romantic entanglement. Miss McDonald, who Is well known for the quality of her singing in her former productions, successfully enters the field of comedy, and Roland Young has an important part. SHAKESPEAREAN ENTERTAINMENT ALLAN WILKIE. To-morrow night, at the Civic Theatre Mr Allan Wilkie and Miss Hunter Watts, the distinguished Shakespearean players, will open their two nights' season in Hamilton, when they will be seen In a dozen of their most famous impersonations in the greatest scenes of the plays of Shakespeare and Sheridan. The New Zealand Press has been enthusiastic and eulogistic regarding this new and attractive method of presenting Shakespeare, and crowded houses have greeted them in We'lington, Christchurch, Dunedin and other centres. One wellknown critic stated: "It can safely be said that Mr Wilkie and Miss Hunter-Watts have never been seen to greater advantage." In the programmes now being presented by Mr

Wilkie and Miss Hunter-Watts .not only are they culled from the most i famous scenes from the plays of the j great dramatist, so that the very essence of Shakespeare is presented, but each performance practically traverses the repertory of a fortnight's season. By this means every taste is catered j for. the selected scenes ranging from ’ sparkling comedy to the heights of sublime tragedy. There will be an entire change of programme on Friday night. A REALLY GOOD COUGH MIXTURE. MAKE IT YOURSELF—SAVE 15/-. From your chemist or store purchase one bottle of HEENZO (Hean’s Essence) and add to It the necessary water and sweetening as per easy directions on label. The resulting mixture gives you a pint of the finest rough ami cold remedy. Hecnzo Is splendid for coughs, eolds and sore throats, and when taken as a gargle gli es Instant relief. With this simple recipe many NewZealand families make their own cough mixture and at a great saving too. lleenzo costs 2/6 per bottle and saves at least 15/-, a saving worth having Take home a bottle to-day. Procurable from all chemists and , stores. (1)