ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20783, 18 April 1939, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT PROGRAMMES THEATRE ROYAL j The son# hits in “Top of the Town" | include a number of the same title , as the picture, besides “I Feel That . Foolish Feeling Coming On," "Blame ! 1 • on the Hhumba," "Where Are You'.'' 1 . "There Are No Two Ways About It," | "Fireman, Save My Child" and "Jam- ; toree." The story concerns a beau--1 tiful young heiress, portrayed by Boris Nolan. She inherits fifty million dollars, besides many extraordinary , ideas. She takes over a new night [ club managed by an orchestra leader, j played by George Murphy. On the opening night the performers, under the leadership of the heiress, present a show that teems with madcap comedy. In "Reported Missing” William Gargan portrays an inventor whose device is blamed for the wreckage of two passerr-rer planes. lie vindCates himself after many thrilling airplane sequences. The drama is given addled interest by the romance between ; Kurgan and Jean Rogers, seen as a ; plane hostess. CIVIC THEATRE "The Drum.” featuring the Indian Boy Sabu, will he screened to-day. Sabu won a host of admirers in bis [ first film, "The Elephant Boy." and by •his work in "The Drum" lie is likely Ito become even more firmly eni trenched in the affections of film- ' goers. He has a most appealing personality, and acts with conviction. The Drum" is an indescribably thrilling picture, one of the finest yet produced by British industry. Its colossal production, the immensity of its scenic situations in .technicolour i and its gripping tale of the Indian North-West Frontier holds the audi- | ence spellbound. "The Drum" is a j glowing tribute to the unknown | heroes and keepers of the King's | peace in the forgotten outposts of the Empire and makes every heart beat faster. Sabu is supported by an excellent cast. In a supporting news reel Defaulter is seen beating Spear Chief. REGENT THEATRE "Young Dr. Kildare" is interesting drama. Lew Ayres, as the young Dr. Kildare, fresh from his examinations, returns to his home town to find that his parents (»played by Samuel 5. Hinds and Emma Dunn) have his career already mapped out for him. He is an idealist, however, and when he gains a position as an interne on the junior medical staff of a large New York hospital he leaves his parents and fiancee and goes to the city to pursue his ideals. He is an independent thinker, however, and, after having broken almost all the hospital regulations, he is expelled, with dramatic results. “ SAY IT IN FRENCH” “Say ft in French" starring Ray

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centres round Richard Carrington junior, a Park Avenue playboy and golfing champion, who returns to New York from a European tournament with a pretty French bride as a. trophy. Before Carrington can break the news of his marriage to his family he learns that his father faces bankruptcy unless he immediately announces his engagement to Auriol Marsden, a madcap heiress. STATE THEATRE A drama dealing with the sport of kings, "Down the Stretch," has Mickey Rooney, Patricia Ellis and Dennis Moore in the leading roles. The story is built around a boy who is unable to get a job with any stable because his father, a famous jockey, had thrown a race, but is finally taken under the wing of a woman owner of a famous Kentucky racing stable. Even then he is given no opportunity to ride because of the prejudices of the trainer. He has made friends with a colt considered bad, but pleads in vain to race it. But when the horse depended on to win the Derby has been injured, a chance is taken on the youthful jockey and the horse as the last chance. The two win, upholding the traditions of the stables for which I hey run. "The Case of the Black Cat" is a mystery thriller, with Ricardo Cortez in'the Vole of the famous lawyer-de-tective, Perry Mason, and June Travis as Della Street, his secretary. ROXY THEATRE "Submarine D-t" is a melodrama co-starring Pat O’Brien and George Brent, and featuring Wayne Morris, ir. the making of it the United States Navy Department deserves much

credit, for it threw open its submarine establishments at Sun Diego, Cocos Coco in the Panama Canal zone, and Newport, R\7. Pat O’Brien and Wayne Morris play a couple of submarine crewmen who have developed two great inventions—a device to shoot men safely to the ocean’s surface if a ship is sunk, and another device to raise the U-boat itself. In the story the D-l is rammed and sunk during some war game manoeuvres, and the young men’s inventions get a chance to show their worth.

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is the screen version of Mark Twain's widely-read book. Some of the scenes in colour ore breathtakingly magnificent, especially those where Tom and Becky are lost in the cave. Moreover, the pictorial effects of the quaint settings of the small town and the background of the Mississippi are heightened by the use of colour. STANLEY McKAY'S NEW GAIETIES To-morrow night, at the Theatre Royal, Hamilton, Stanley McKay is to present his new Gaieties vaudeville and revue company in the sparkling and up-to-the-minute revue, "Life Begins at S." being the first of a series of four productions, the season concluding on Saturday. One of the artists alone is well worth going a long way to see—George Hurd, the iniernational Royal Command juggling star. The comedy is provided by Sian Foley, Alec McKinnon, Max Reddy, Dolly Donoghue, and Stella Lamond. The speciality acts are many and varied, including? Dolly and Scotty. Australia's premier dancing duo: the San Memos Bros., matchless ( hand balancers; Snowy Towers, mimic of screen stars; Assam, Pekoe, Souchon and Congo, crazy acrobatic clowns; and Nellie Golle, male impersonator. Matinees are to be given on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Seats may j be reserved. VIENNA BOYS’ CHOIR To-morrow morning plans will be opened for the two performances to he given by the renowned Vienna Mozart Boys’ Choir in the Theatre Royal, 'Hamilton, next Monday afternoon and night. Perhaps the most widely appreciated part of the choir’s programmes is the presentation in costume of operettas by the great Viennese composers, from Haydn to Johann Strauss. Writing of their performance in these operettas, a leading press critic says: "The acting had all the art of experience; the singing never failed in charm; and the humorous scenes captivated the audience. The art of these Viennese Boys is not only a musical achievement; it is an expression of young life, beautiful, Joyous and harmonious, an inspiration tc all who are privileged to hear it." At 11 o'clock on Monday morning the boys, with their conductor. Dr. Gruber, will be received by the Mayor of Hamilton. Mr 11. D. Caro, at the Theatre Royal, when the public is invited to be present.