ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 145, 15 March 1939, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

Trailer Life Depicted In Film At Majestic Theatre "Listen, Darling,” which is showing at ihe Majestic Theatre, depicts trailer lite in America, fully half the action taking place-in and round two trailers. The story is about a young boy (Freddie Bartholomew) and a young girl (Judy Garland), who "kidnap" the girl's mother (Mary \.stor) in the family trailer to prevent her from marrying the town banker (Gene Lockhart), and set out upon the highways to find a suitable busband for het. "The Shining Hour.” Joan Crawford plays in "The Shining Hour,” .which will be the next change at the Majestic Theatre, a role which parallels her own career as a Broadway dancer and is reminiscent of her first starring pictures in dancing roles. The story, directed by Frank Borzage, centres round a world-famous dancer who, tiring of -the glare of the spotlight, marries a wealthy larnier Complications ensue when her husband's sister resents the presence of the dancer in the family home. To make matters worse, her brother-in-law falls in love with her.

St. James Theatre Screens “Stablemates”

The story of "Stablemates,” which is being screened at the St. James Theatre, could best be described as -'The Champ at the race track, with Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney travelling round the country with an injured racehorse, which Rooney has accepted as payment for services, to save' the horse from being destroyed. Beery, a former veterinarian, operates, and the animal is ready for the track again. Beery is an escaped convict, and Kooney learns of the fact, though he does not allow his friend to know it. He tries to keep Beery away from the big race so that he will not be captured, but fails. There Beery meets the man who framed him into prison and who actually committed the murder for which Beery had been convicted and imprisoned. The man turns out to be the former owner of the racehorse and he takes it because Rooney cannot show ownership papers. The horse wins the big race, but not with Rooney’s colours. Things take a change for the better in a thrilling finish, which, however, is not without its pathetic repercussion.

Last Day Of “Jezebel” At Regent Theatre

A colourful drama of New- Orleans a decade before the American Civil War, "Jezebel” will show at the Regent Theatre for the last time today. Bette Davis plays the part of Julie, a completelyspoiled and self-centred young woman of the southern city. She is given the same name as the notorious wicked woman of Biblical lore because she defies all the traditions of the place and age. She drinks, she smokes, she toys with men's hearts, and Iler greatest pleasure lies in having men fighting because of her. “Say It In French.” Beginning a season at the Regent Theatre tomorrow, “Say It In French” shows the complications that arise when a young American society man (Ray Milland) returns from abroad with a French bride (Olympe Bradna) only to learn that he must shield his marriage from the world and announce his engagement to a New York heiress to prevent his father’s shipping business from becoming bankrupt. This unusual situation reaches the hilarious when the bride takes a' job as maid with her husband’s family so that she will be near him till they surmount their difficulties.

“Hold That Co-Ed” At Plaza

Joan Davis, the screen’s greatest comedienne, proves that she is also a great drop-kicker in “Hold that Co-Ed,” a film which presents American football from" a new angle, which is showing at the Plaza Theatre. John Barrymore, George Murphy and Marjorie Weaver are others who add to the merriment. "Pygmalion.” Bernard Shaw's laugh sensation '‘Pygmalion” will begin showing at the Plaza Theatre on Friday. Its record-breaking career continues in Melbourne, Sydney-, Brisbane, Christchurch and Auckland. Of ••Pygmalion” the “Argus,” Melbourne, writes: — “The choice of ‘Pygmalion’ as the first Shaw experiment could not have been bettered. The acting, too, is several grades higher than anything film audiences have been used to. Leslie Howard’s Professor Higgins is a highly keyed performance, full of masculine egotism, and the boorish intolerance of the scholar in pursuit of his subject. The casting of Wendy Hiller aa the flower girl was a piece of real insight which has made her a first-rank film star in bne film. Her sheer intelligence and emotional rightness are worth a dozen beautiful profiles; she can even make us think she is beautiful when she really needs to. Further down the cast there is not a weak spot. AA'ilfrid Lawsons Doolittle is particularly neat.”

Clyde Beatty In “The Lost Jungle” At State

Civile Beatty, great animal trainer, is starred in “The Lost Jungle,” which is the main attraction at the State Theatre. Beatty is supported by Cecilia Parker, Sydney Saylor, and Wheeler Oakman, and the story has him as an animal trainer in a circus, giving a most thrilling act in which lions, tigers, panthers and bears are all seen in the one cage, performing at the same time. In this enthralling film other highlights are a storm at sea, and the wrecking of a dirigible. Objecting strenuously to being called an animal “tamer,” Beatty insists that it is impossible to tame wild animals and he maintains that anybody who believes the animals in his,acts are Lime is certainly under a misapprehension. A tale of the United States Army, “234 Hours’ Leave,” with James Ellison in the leading role, is the other attraction. "Road Demon” and “While New York Sleeps.” “Road Demon,” a roaring story of the race track and, therefore, a film of exciting action, with Henry Arthur, Joan Valerie, and Henry Armetta, will be the main feature on the State Theatre's new programme which will begin on Friday. ’Pile other feature, "While New York Sleeps,” stars Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler and Jean Rodgers. “The Young In Heart” Billed At King’s Theatre

Billed at the King’s Theatre, "The Young In Heart” is the story of the Carleton family. They live by wits and > their charm. There is Father “Sahib” Carlegon, an ex-actor whose family loyally support him in the preposterous myth that he is Colonel Carletch, late of the Bengal Lancers (the role is made to order for Roland Young) ; there is charming, twittering “Manny.” played to the life by Billy Burke; and there are the two children. George-Ann (Janet Gaynor), who has become engaged to a sober, wealthy young Scot, who sees through the family ami says so, ami the sou (Douglas I airbanks. jttn.) who has met a girl rich enough to take care of the entire family for the rest of their lives. Tudor Theatre Has “Suez” The supreme effort of tiie elements to prevent the joining of the Mediterranean with the Red Sea comes with dramatic impact at the climax of “Suez,” which is showing at the Tudor Theatre. Leading roles are played by Loretta Young. Annabella. and Tyrone Power, as Ferdinand de Lesscps, the man who completed (lie Suez Canal. "Meet Hie Girls," featuring June Lang and Lynn Bari, is the associate at.l ruction.