ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20230, 25 June 1937, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT PROGRAMMES. THEATRE ROYAL. Wives who think their husbands should take more of their advice would do well to take their mates to see “Mind Your Own Bu-siness,” the gay domestio comedy featuring Charlie Ruggles and Alice Brady. Wellmeaning Miss Brady takes her husband’s career in hand and makes him the most famous man in town, but not without a mess of trouble which almost lands Ruggles in the madhouse, gaol, and poorhouse. Among other things, he is marked for execution by the underworld and is saved only because he knows how to hoot like an owl! “Murder Goes to the College” tells the story of a self-appointed investigator and a bottle-loving reporter who become involved in a series of sensational, humorous and romantic situations following a murder. CIVIC THEATRE. Humour, dancing, singing and a little pathos are cleverly blended to make “In the Avenue” thoroughly enjoyable. Dick Powell is the hero, with Madeleine Carroll as a beautiful leading lady. There are new songs In plenty for Powell, and dances and spectacular stage arrangements, and for most of the other members of the cast such a succession of clever lines as to keep the audience convulsed. Outstanding is the burlesque by the three Rltz Brothers of an impassioned Russian opera scene, in which one of the irrepressible trio sings both soprano and baritone and almost succeeds In giving a duet. The settings include some highly spectacular dance ensembles, and the story contains a pleasing romantio interest. The work of the supporting cast is of a high order, Alice Faye, Stepln Fetchlt and Walter Catlett giving splendid performances. The Coronation ceremony, in colour, will also be screened. REGENT THEATRE. “When You’re in Love,” starring Grace Moore, will be shown for the last time to-night. While the greatest appeal In all her films Is Grace Moore’s voice, there is in this picture a piquant humour brought out by her tiffs with Cary Grant, whom she Is obliged to marry In Mexico in order to get into the United States quota so that she may reward her old uncle, who has brought her out as a world-famous opera singer. Cary Grant is a bachelor artist whom women do not worry much until Grace comes along. They fall in love and decide to marry, but the compact Is that Grant shall divorce her on reaching the United States. This he refuses to do. and the tiffs and kisses alternate until a charming climax Is reached. “DARK JOURNEY." All the thrills of espionage and wartime adventure are combined with romance and fine photography in "Dark Journey.” Conrad Veldt appears as, apparently, a deserter from the German forces, and Vivien Lelgn portrays a beautiful spy hiding her operations behind the guise of a fashionable shop owner.

BTATE THEATRE. Vlotor MoLaglen, Ida Luplno and Preston Foster share honours In “Sea Devils,” a thrilling vignette of an unsung but heroic branch of the Government service. Seaman Foster, an adventurer, no sooner Joins the crew of MoLaglen's ship than trouble starts between the two. Boasting of his prowess with the weaker sex, Foster begins courting McLaglen’s daughter (Ida Luplno). Foster is about the last man in the service McLaglen would would choose as a son-in-law, but It happens that his daughter has a mind of her own, so McLaglen initiates a bitter feud with the sailor, and an exciting story develops. “Back to Nature” is a wildly hilarious comedy, with Jed Prouiy, Shirley Deane, Dixie Dunbar and other clever people in the cast.

ROXY THEATES. “My American Wife” features Francis Lederer and Ann Sothern in a romantic comedy. Fred Stone appears as an Arizona pioneer, grandfather of the girl Lederer marries, who resents the title nnd gentlemanly bearing of his new grandson-in-law, but finally is forced to admire him. Billie Burke is cast as ttie social-minded mother of the American wife; Ernest Cossart, peerless “gentleman’s gentleman” of films, is the Count’s valet. “The Bengal Tiger" is a thrilling tale of the circus, with romance set under the “big top.” TO-MORROW’S PROGRAMME. “Dodsworth,” with Ruth Chatterton and Walter Huston giving fine performances In the story of the complications which face an ageing married oouple, and “Charlie Chan at the Circus,” starring Warner Oland, wifi be screened to-morrow.