THE PROGRAMME

Waikato Times, Volume 115, Issue 19270, 31 May 1934, Page 15

THE PROGRAMME

OPENING WITH “ CAROLINA.” -CHARMING JANET GAYNOR. An attractive list of (films has been secured by the management, commencing with “ Carolina.” Janet Gaynor and _ Lionel Barrytwo of the screen’s most popular players, are brought together in “Carolina.” _£fnet plays the part of Joanna, left rauierless, with two little brothers to provide for, and shouldering the responsibility of farming a section of land leased from the> Connollys. Connelly Hall was built out of the immense Jroflts of slave-worked ootton plantations and, in the Civil War, its owners provided men and money for the Confederate cause. The losing of the war meant the losing of the Conelly fortune, but Mrs. -Connelly (Henrietta Grosman), head of the house at the be -ginning of the twentieth century, -refuses to change from cotton to the ~ more profitable tobacco, in which Joanna-has put her trust. Lionel 'Barrymore is seen as Uncle Robert Connelly, a veteran of the Civil War, whose life was spoilt through a romance .shattered through the scheming cf Mrs. Connelly, his sister-in-law. Mrs." Connelly also does her best to stop a love affair between her son Will (Robert Young) and Joanna, as she desires Will to marry a Charleston heiress in order to rehabilitate the family fortunes. There is a dramatic scene when Uncle Robert discovers that Joanna Is the daughter of his long lost sweetheart and tho manner in which Mrs. Connelly is forced to abandon her prejudices -provide an interesting ending. “ I Was A Spy,” which will succeed “Carolina” on Tuesday, is the story of a Belgian woman who is forced to nurse German wounded, and, approached by her Belgian compatriots, is absorbed into the espionage organised in (Belgium by the Allies. The drama is worked out in the conflict between human feeling for the wounded men she nurses and the struggle in her soul, which is wishing for the victory of the Allies. “ This Week of Grace ” (starring Gracie Fields), “The -Cuckoo in the Nest,” “Falling for You” and “Little Women ” are among the -films to be seen in the near future.

Arrangements have been made to screen all the products of GaumontGainsborough, ' while other leading films from English and American studios will be featured.