ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21043, 20 February 1940, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES

STATE THEATRE A well-contrasted programme—“Kentucky Moonshine,” with the Ritz Brothers, and “High Fliers,” featuring Wheeler and Wolsey—will be screened today. The Ritz Brothers are always very funny, and in “Kentucky Moonshine” they have full scope for their comedy gifts. There is also much excitement in this fast-moving film, and the audience is entertained from the first reel to the last. Marjorie Weaver and Tony Martin have the romantic leads. Some very tuneful songs are introduced with good effect, and altogether it is a sparkling production. It is a long time since Hamilton filmlovers saw Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, and their reappearance in “High Flyers” is very popular. They are very funny in this comedy, keeping the audience chuckling throughout. As usual, there is a charming romance introduced into the amusing story. THEATRE ROYAL “Between Two Women” is a dramatic story of love and tense emotions, in the life of a great metropolitan hospital, with Franchot Tone, Maureen O’Sullivan and Virginia Bruce in the leading roles. The story is an original one, based on actual observations by Erich Von Shroheim, one of the most colourful characters in Hollywood, formerly a noted director. Franchot Tone is excellent as an ambitious young interne. Virginia Bruce is an heiress who goes to the hospital as a patient and falls in love with him. Maureen O’Sullivan appears as a nurse, unhappily married, who secretly loves the interne. “London by Night” is an entertaining mixture of thrills and laughs, with Rita Johnson and George Murphy in the leading roles. ROXY THEATRE “Society Lawyer,” featuring Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce, and “King of Chinatown,” with Anna May Wrng and Akim Tamiroff, will be screened today. What would you do if your best

friend were “ framed ” for murder by one of the biggest criminals in town? Would you go to his aid, even at the risk of your own life? That’s just what Walter Pidgeon does in one of the finest murder mysteries ever offered in motion pictures, “ Society Lawyer,” a picture crammed with drama, mystery and comedy. Anna May Wong, filmdom’s favourite Chinese actress, gets mixed up with gangland’s worst hoodlums and comes out the winner once again in “King of Chinatown.” CIVIC THEATRE Delightful humour around a most modern theme is provided in “Yes, My Darling Daughter.” Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn have the main roles as two unusual lovers, while a large following of interfering relatives is played by Roland Young, Fay Bainter, May Robson and lan Hunter. With such an excellent array of players and a diverting plot the picture is very entertaining. The love affair of the two principals, the reactions of the girl’s family and. finally, the reactions of the young man to the family, form the basis of the plot. Bright dialogue adds to the humour of the production. The supporting programme includes “Have You Got Any Castles?” a coloured cartoon; “China Today,” a coloured travelogue; “Porky’s* Naughty Nephew,” an amusing cartoon; and “Blue Barrow and Orch,” a melody film. REGENT THEATRE “Good-bye, Mr Chips” is the simple story of the life of a master in an English public school, and it is enacted by a brilliant cast, headed by Robert Donat. Mr Donat has some outstanding performances to his credit, but in “Good-bye, Mr Chips,” he has excelled himself. He loses his personality completely as Mr Chipping, and his make-up as the ageing master is astonishingly neat. Sharing with him in the honours is a new figure, Greer Garson, who appears as his wife. She proves herself to be a brilliant, cultured, and charming actress. There are also other fine performances. Terry Kilburn plays a youthful Colley through several generations; and there is Paul van Herneid. as th> German , master and Mr Chipping’s friend, j There is sentiment to this story, but i it is never misplaced; in fact, it could ! not have been produced without sentiment.