WAIPAWA REGENT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 72, 17 December 1937, Page 10

WAIPAWA REGENT

"GHtB IN A MILLIQN" SATHBDAY AND MONDAY The world 's most versatile skater, lovely Sonja Henie, winner of more than a dozen major skating titles, whose first picture, Twentieth Century* Fox's winter musical, "Girl in a Million" comus to the Begent for screen* ing on Saturday and Monday evenings, has a magnetic personality. The daughter of a Swiss innkeeper, Sonja Henie is being -trained by her father, Jean Hersholt, to capture the Olympic figure skating championship, Sonja attracts the attention of Don Ameche, young American newspaper man investigating a neighbourhood mystery, who seep ip Jipr unusual material for a human interest story for his paper. Sonja also interegts profesgionally, the fumbling, but glib-tongued manager pf a vaudeyille tipupp, Adolphe Menjou stranded in Hersholt 's hostelry. In Menjou 's group are the Bitz Brothers, Arline Judge, Borrah Minevitch and his gang, Dixie Dunbar, Leah Eay, Shirley Deane and It beautiful girls. Menjpu iuduces Sonja Henip tP join his troupe and arrang, es a pontract in St. Moritz fpr the dazzling ice ballet he has envisioned. SPECIAL MATINEE OF SHORTt. As part of the programme arranged by th'e Chamber of Commerce in connection with their community effort for to-morrow the management of the Begent have drawn uppn the suppliers for a special programme of shorts for the entertainment of the children. It will include four prize-winning cartoons, two of the very best comedies, musical featurettes, and other subjeets specially suitable for the entertainment of juveniles. The screening wijl CPmmence at 3 p.m. and will give the youngsters ample time to participate in the function arranged in connection with the arrival of Santa Olaus in Nelly Jull Park.