ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19946, 24 July 1936, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

CURRENT PROGRAMMES. STATE THEATRE. l The modernised version of George M. Cohan‘s famous stage success, “Song and Dance Man," provides melody. laughs and pathos, and pre—sents Claire Trevor, Paul Kelly and Michael Whalen in the leading roles. it is the drama of the qluet self—sacri—fice of a poor song and dance man whose girl had a chance to make the "big time" if he stepped out of the picture. “The Murder of Dr. Harrigan." while essentially a melodrama with startling disappearances and strange attacks and murders, is not without comedy relief. The plot revolves about the attempt of several persons to obtain the formula for a precious anaesthetic which has been stolen from them by the grasping head of a drug company. A Charlie Chaplin comedy will also be screened, and to—uight and to—morrow afternoon the second chapter of the serial “Flash Gordon" will be shown. REGENT THEATRE. Some of the scenic beauties of rural United States are brought to the screen in natural colour in “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." The story is colour—ful and interesting, dealing with bitter family feuds in the Blue Ridge Mountalus of Virginia and the difficulties encountered there by a pioneering rail—way construction engineer. Sylvia Sidney is cast as a real little mountain wildcat. All her life she has loved a member of a neighbouring clan (Henry Fonda). Fred )iacMurray completes the triangle in the role of the railway engineer. CHARLES CHAPLIN. “Modern Times.“ considered either as a satire upon moderndndistrialisni, with its mass production and disregard of the individual worker, or as a. love [story or as high comedy. is another Charlie Chaplin triumph. It will be screened to-morrow. Caught in the grip of modern industrialism, a machine—feeder rather than a work« man, the monotony and rush of fac—tory conditions sends Charlie into a nervous breakdown, with entertaining results. GlVlc THEATRE. “Colleen" has an all-star cast, including Dick Powell, ltuby Keeler, Jaok Oakle. Joan Blondell. Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda and a score of other principals as well as a couple of hundred chorus beauties and dancing youths. This musical comedy is said to be packed with hilarious fun as well as romance and some dramatic moments. As a spectacle the picture presents two unique specialty numbers in which scores 01' beautiful girls participate. One is staged aboard an ocean liner,‘ with everyone from the captain to the i crew, as well as the passengers, doing 3 a dance rhythm. The other takes l place in a modiste shop. in which a 1 style show is featured. ’l‘hree original catchy songs were written for the production. Powell sings two of these, one with Miss Kceler, while the other, a comedy number, is sung by Miss Blondell and Ookie. Miss Keeler goes through her famous tap steps. some alone, others with Paul Draper, the Broadway dancing star. An amusing Charlie Chaplin comedy will also be screened. ‘ THEATRE ROYAL. Claimed to be the Successor to “Viva Villa," at illm which made at great name for itself a year ago. “llobln llood of El Dorado" i’ulllls all the promises made for it. F.ull of action, it has a story behind it which cannot fail to capture the imagination of those who see it. ln addition. its acting is excellent and its photography wonderful. The tale begins when Southern California is ceded to the United States by Mexico. Gold is dis—covered. ’l‘he Mexicans. loving their land with a passionate loyalty, are forced to Guitar the invasion oi’ Ameri— 1 cans who have no hccd for anything but riches. Joaquin .\lurriel,a (Warner Baxter), who has already i'allcn under his countrymcn’s disfovour for a dccd which he did not do, has his house rnidcd and his wife killed by four miners who covct his land. lie swears to kill them, and does so. llis attempts, however, to live the life 01' a peasant are made unnvulling by fresh acts of crucll)‘ by the invaders. llc organises a hand and wages war on the whole race, doing it with such success that soon he has a rebel town in a. secret valley. The story works up to a very dramatic climax. —___ ROXY THEATRE. in “Kid Millions” Eddie Cantor is very funny as a boy Cinderella of the Brooklyn waterfront, who turns out to be the sole heir of Professor \\'il—son, into Egyptolugist, who left a fortune in buried treasure in Egypt. ’t‘iu- presence of several other chihunuts to the fortune makes the story fast and funny. Chief of these is iiihcl Mormon, as a song—pluggor posing as the late profrssor‘s L‘ullh inon~lzlw \vii'c. and her gangster i'ricnvl, played by \Vnrrcn ilyincr. Ann Sothcrn and iirorgo Murphy i’nrninli the iovu inicrcst. “Kill Millions“ ol‘i'crs smrrnl girl Jlllll song numrn‘r’s, “Mandy." Willa), ’l‘mtls." ".\n l'..ll'l'lll ol' .‘lliht(‘,” "\\'nvn .\l,\‘ >liip Home» in" and "Your Head on .\I) Shoulder” being dillulla' lhu [unvi'ul hits. "Lady of N'rrt-is,” finituring ltulh tiiiaitvrlun, is n lvnso (Manna liolililla“ the inlcrrsl (if the HUAIH‘UCC throughout. ’l‘ti—Nltlllllt’nY‘S ;\'l"l‘ll.\t2'l‘lU.\'.<. ’J‘u—niorrmv's nitrm-tinns “ill in» I'llltli' "Sliipmttll's l'nrovt‘r,“ I'i'iilllrint: lluliy Krrii‘r unit lli«'|( l’owrll, niul " l-lwry Night :11 flight," with ticorgu lini‘t Milli Francis Lair-Afloat in tho irmilng‘ roll-s. GOITRE TREATMENT. 'l‘liyroiiunu, [no new trmlllul‘nt l'ui' Uoilrc, I'4-rnivhnis nn(l Secondary Anaemia anti‘ M~rvuus L‘vhausllun. has been successfully l|‘\l(‘ll in" medlf'ill men; and there are many “rillen tcstlmomals as in HS remarkable liPiiei'lts, Produced under a prolected pro (1‘55, Thyrndnnr enables the valuable lOtllli“ .‘lnrl mineral content of oysters to he mnilu available in easily assiniilahle capsule form. NIH \vilh Slonov-Rark Unurnnlee by J .\. Irvine. 1.1 d., Dnllltes Ltd, and olhrr Chemists. .4 I