ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 84, 3 January 1935, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

Regent.— “ Count of Monto Cristo.” Paramount. —“The Blue Squadron.” De Luxe. — “Treasure Island.” Majestic.—“ The Old-fashioned Way.” St. Janies.—“Madame Du Barry.” Grand Opera House. — “All of Me’’ and “Come On, Marines." King’s.—“Smarty.” Plaza. —“My Sorg For You. ’ State. — “Marie Galante.” DE LUXE THEATRE “Treasure Island” R. L. Stevenson’s wonderful talc. “Treasure Island,” is told in the film now drawing crowded houses at the De Luxe Theatre with a vividness which brings the story back clearly to those who have read it. Duke of Kent’s Wedding. The management of the De Luxe Theatre announces the screening of a tihu showing the wedding of the Duke o. Kent and Princess Marina, commencing to-morrow and for one week only. This film is an authentic talkie of this great event, depicting every item of interest including the procession, the arrival of guests, and the service at the Abbey. There is said to be a lilt, a swing, an irresistible power in the drama of “Outcast Lady” which will be the main feature of the programme. Its great impetus as an entertainment coin.'s from the splendid romanticism of its two principal pro (agonists, Constance Bennett aud Herbert Marshall. An exceedingly strong supporting cast includes Henry Stephenson. Alec B. Francis, Robert Loraine, Hugh Williams, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Lumsden Hare, and Leo Carroll.

“Madame Du Barry” at the St. James

“Madame Du Barry will be presented at the St. James Theatre to-night for the Inst time. It is a tale of the glittering French court of the days of Louis XV. Dolores Del Rio has the leading part, and Reginald Owen is seen in support. “Desirable.”

Jeane Muir, the new star who became famous from the moment her first cinema production, “Desirable,” was released, will be seen at the St. James Theatre tomorrow. The feature is said to be filled with highly-dramatic and intensely emotional situations, with rapier-like dialogue, and a climatic clash between a woman of the world and her unsophisticated daughter. Miss Muir plays the part of a sincere and unspoiled girl who has been hidden away in a finishing school by her moflier, a reigning beauty of the stage who selfishly fears the loss of her own popularity if it should become known that she has a growu-up daughter.

“Count of Monte Cristo” at Regent

Rarely is a film such a complete success as the film story of “The Count of Monte Cristo,” now being shown at the. Regent Theatre. With a wealth of careful detail "The Count of Monte Cristo” shows the deliberate “frame-up” of Edmond Dantes almost cn the eve of his wedding, his incarceration in the terrible Chateau d'lf, his meeting there with the old abbe. and his incredibly exciting escape, his finding of the Spada treasure and his subsequent inquiries into the lives of the three men who conspired to send him to the oblivion of prison. Robert Donat plays the title role to perfection. Opposite him dainty Elissa Land! has the part of Mercedes, his sweetheart.

Kiepura at the Plaza Theatre

Audiences which have filled the I’lazi Theatre have been enchanted with the beautiful tenor voice of Jan Kiepura, and the outstanding performance of Aileeu Marson, a blonde beauty, who has an appeal of her own. The role calls for a superb singing of Gounod’s "Ave Maria” (among other songs), and this Kiepura presents with all the subtleties of expressing the light aud shade to which the piece lends itself. The music is supplied by Kiepura and the comedy by Sonny Hale, who is cast in the role of Gatti’s secretary, and whose resourcefulness, sometimes in the wrong place, is responsible for much hearty laughter. So far as Kiepura is concerned, there is only one thing to be said: he is at his best, both as a singer and as an actor. His theme song, Verdi’s “My Song For You,” is interwoven with various phases of the story. x

“Marie Galante” at the State “Marie Galante,"’ in which the young French actress, Ketti Gallian. has the leading part, is based on Reginald Berkeley's adaption from the French of Jacques Deval, concerns a plot to blow up the Panama Canal when the American fleet is between the locks. This is supposed to be the work of an elusive international trouble-maker, Ryner, who usually works through women. Marie Galante, a gay little Bordeaux messenger, has been enticed on board a ship by a drunken captain, who. scenting trouble, drops her at the first port of call in the

Canal Zone. Though entirely innocent, and only wishing to get back home, Marie is suspected of being a dangerous woman, and the tool of this international crook, Ryner. The secret service of four nations ,all after Ryner, see danger in this ,girl, but the American, Crawbett (Spencer Tracy) knows that she is on the square, and gets her to visit the canal power-house on the night of the big blowup, when Crawbett locates and shoots Ryner (masquerading as the German — Brogard), and so clears up an international mystery and disposes of a potential creator of wars. “The Richest Girl in the World.” The change of programme at the State to-morrow will bring to this theatre Joel McCrea and Miriam Hopkins in “The Richest Girl in the World.” “The Blue Squadron” at the Paramount “The Blue Squadron,” starring Esmond Knight, will be presented finally to-nighr at the Paramount. “The Trumpet Blows.” Commencing to-morrow, George Raft will be featured in "The Trumpet Blows.” Paramount’s thrilling action-packed romance of -Mexico and the _ dangerous sport," bull fighting. In th.- picture Raft plays the role of a Mexican boy who returns to his country after completing his education abroad. Forced to prove his courage, he begins work under a famous teacher of matadors—that he may become a bull fighter. And it is the bull ring that does test his courage, which rises to heroic heights. Adolphe Menjou, Francis Drake, Sidney Toler and Nydii Westman are featured. “She Loves Me Not” at Majestic A new, popular starring combination conies to the screen in Paramount's "She Loves Me Not,” which will be shown at the Majestic Theatre with the change of programme to-day. Bing Crosby. ana Miriam Hopkins are in the principal roles. Acting the role of a love-sick, chivalrous Princeton student, Crosby sings and woos his way to the great romance with the daughter of the university dean, after Miriam Hopkins, as the madcap, flamboyant little nightclub dancer, enters his life, and leaves him a sadder but wiser collece. lad. Beginning with an utterly fantastic and ludicrous situation, the film in its rapid progress pokes derisive fun nt colleges, the motion picture industry, the newspapers, com; munists, gangsters and a number of familiar institutions. Yet there, is said to be not a trace of rancour or bitterness in its sparkling comedy. “Smarty” at the King’s Joan Biondell, Warren William and Edward Everett Horton are featured m “Smarty.” one of the merriest of comedy romances, with situations so Jrilariously ridiculous as to be side-splitting, which will conclude its season this evening at the King’s Theatre. To-morrow, “Straight is the Way” and “Paris Interlude.” Another excellent double feature programme commences to-morrow afternoon at the King’s Theatre. The first picture ■"s “Straight is the Way.” starring Fran; chot Tone, Karen Morley and May Rob; son. The story deals with the return of a convict to the East Side flat and his widowed mother. Lilting comedy interwoven with intensely human romance, laid in the colourful settings of the American colony in Paris, furnishes vivid entertainment in the second feature, “Paris Interlude.” Two Features at Opera House Three of the most prominent personalities of the screen —Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, and George Raft—carry the weight of the acting in “All of Me,” which is beins? screened nt the Grand Opera House. theme is sound and the acting perfect. A band of devil-may-care American marines produce much comedy and a little harmless romance in “Come On, Marines,” the other feature of the programme. Ida Lupino. Roscoe Karns, Monte Blue, and Toby ing are chief contributors to the scenes, humorous and otherwise, enacted in the wud« of the.,South American,