ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19054, 19 September 1933, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. STRAND THEATRE. Maurice Chevalier’s latest starring picture, “A Bedtime Story,” will be screened for the last time to-night. Chevalier is cast as a Paris man-about-town, carefree and irresponsible. On his return from a voyage to Africa he finds an abandoned child in his car, and becomes so intrigued and delighted by it that he decides to keep it. While he awaits the arrival of a nurse to take care of it he and Edward Everett Horton, his valet, play nursemaids themselves, getting into one amusing difficulty after the other. The nurse finally arrives, in the person of Miss Twelvetrees, a beautiful young actress stranded in Paris. She is soon in love with the baby—and with the baby’s protector. The picture comes to an amusing climax when Maurice, Miss Twelvetrees and the baby, and Horton, go to the house of Maurice’s fiancee for a week-end. The events that follow lose him the fiancee, almost lose him Miss Twelvetrees, but bring things to a whimsical end. ‘Chevalier sings four new songs in the film. CLARA BOW TO-MORROW. Clara Bow will be seen at the Strand Theatre to-morrow, In “Call Her Savage,” in which the popular “red-head” of the screen is said to be at her best. This marks Miss Bow’s first picture in several years. THEATRE ROYAL. “Their Night Out” clearly indicates the cause of the complications which involve Claude Hubert in his first starring role. It is his attempt- to entertain an important buyer for his firm that leads to all the trouble, and, considering the buyer is a Scotch lassie bent on seeing a notorious night club, it is not difficult to understand how serious Claude’s plight becomes. An interesting newcomer is Renee Houston, the irrepressible half of the popular variety stars, the Houston Sisters. She is ideally cast as the Scottish buyer, and it is expected that this, her first appearance in a full-length firm, will be the forerunner of many simi’ar experiences. This part shows Renee as a character actress of great artistry. COMING ATTRACTIONS. " On Thursday a thrilling mystery play, “The Crime of the Century,” will be screened. Saturday will see the screening of “To-Night Is Ours,” a witty comedy by-Noel Coward. CIVIC THEATRE. Barbara Stanwyck, in a new type of role and with a new leading man, will make'her appearance in the screen at the Civic Theatre to-day in "Ladies They Talk About.” As a dashing and attractive bank bandit, cool, worldly-wise and hard-boiled, who matches her wits against police and prosecutor, Miss Stanwyck interrole far removed from her recent characterisations. There is an excellent supporting cast, which includes Lyle Talbot, Dorothy Burgess, Lillian Roth, Maude Eburne, Harold Huber, Ruth Donnelly, Robert Warwick, Helen Ware, De Witt Jelnnings and Robert MeWade. GEORGE ARLISS COMING. George Arliss. most popular of screen stars, will re-appear at the Civic Theatre on Friday, when he will be seen in “The Working Man," which is said to he one of his greatest successes;

ROXY THEATRE. “Hallelujah, I’m a Tramp," to be screened at the Roxy Theatre tonight, brings back the popular A 1 Jolson. Mr Jolson, it will be remembered, was the first star to make a hit in talkies, and it was largely through his success that the new medium became so popular. Jn “Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp,” he has good scope for his varied gifts, and he has the support of an excellent ■ east. “BRIGHT SIDE UP.” To-morrow afternoon, at 2.30, and to-morrow evening, at 8 o’clock, J. C. Williamson, Ltd., will present Ernest G. Rolls’ Company of sixty English, American and Australian artists in the gigantic aftd spectacularly beautiful musical comedy extravaganza, "Bright Side Up." Miss Jennie Benson, the brilliant London comedienne, became extremely popular with playgoers of Auckland, and Miss Rene Riano is a remarkably talented artist, whether she is appearing as an eccentric comedienne or as a whirlwind dancer. Miss Maie Baird, Mr Archie Thompson and Mr Harry Simmons' created a furore Jn Auckland in their thrilling burlesque on the Spanish tango, and so did the brilliant acrobatic dancers, L’Etoile and Laurance, In one of the most exquisite and daring feature dance 3 ever attempted on the stage; Mr Colin Crane and Misses Marie Doran and Thelma r lTott are singers above the average; and Chic Arnold is an outstanding caomedlan; Biily Kershaw and Audrey Lewis are a pair of very clever dancers, and Chic Arnold greatly assists Charles Norman in the comedy scenes. The work of the clever Australian ballet and the beauty chorus is a feature of the performance. The box plans are at the Bristol Piano Company.