King George Theatre

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 46, 24 April 1930, Page 5

King George Theatre

STUDIO MURDER MYSTERY.

Women Detectives for Crimes with Love Motive is suggestion ottered by

Motion Picture Star.

"Women detectives instead of men, should be assigned to all mystery murder cases which show a definite love motive," Florence Eldridge, Broadway stage star, now a Hollywood screen, luminary said in discussing the ' * Studio Murder Mystery," Paramount's thriller which the King George Theatre will feature on Saturday, April 26th. Miss Eldridge has an important part in this picture, which, discloses 'the inside processes in movie making.

'' Love motives provide one field .of crime detection in which my sex should be pre-eminent." Miss Eldridge explained, "Inasmuch as the entire lives of women are devoted to the psychology of love # Femine intuition is keenest in this realm, and a matured woman should be able to penetrate a love tangle and reconstruct a love- slayer's thoughts with accuracy.

"A practical application of this plan, could be effected by appointing a body of women to act in an advisory capacity to the police."

Miss Eldridge w>ho "achieved success on t-he New York stage, recently startled Los Angeles by her stage ances opposite Edward Everett Horton. In private life she.is the wife of Fxedxic March, who plays the art of her husbanpd in "Tie Studio Murder Mystery. '' Miss Eldridge is another . distinguished stage player whom moving pictures have attracted to the screen.

Pox Follies Means "Adieu" to

the Stage Door John. The stage ' door Johnny- is licked! Chorus girls, the "merry, merry," the "ladies of the ensemble," or what have you, have broken, into the talkies and got rid of the Johnnies simultaneously.

Fox Moviestone has conferred tiiis boon upon chorus gitls and the world in general in tiie William Fix Movietone Follies in 1929, gigantic musical Tevue "with all the sensational trappings and appurtenances of a Tng Broadway production which is, to, show at the King George H TiLea^e "'ori Wednesday, Thursday and Friday* ; . - '

There are dozens, of dancers, singers and comedians, stage and film stars galore, elaborately and costly staged song numbers, and, last but not least, a great troupe of cihoTus girls and show girls in the Fox Movietone Follies. But they are seen only as they cavort ons the screen, and not after fche show.

The Fox Movietone, Follies is unique "entertainment, on a par with the best ,-that the fanicnis- Broadway producers lave turned out. And through .'the medium of Fox Movietone this class of entertainment now is made available to thousands of cities and towns, which never have seen a revue. David- Butler wrote and directed, the story; William K # Kells did the dialogue; Cok Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell and Archie Gottler wrote the inusie and Gottler, with Fanehon and Marco, staged theensembles. Marcel Silver was revue

director.

.. An Outstanding- PicturV Coming Saturday, May 3rd. *fMarianne" is Marion Davies's

Greatest Screen Triumph

Local movie-goers will be pleased to know that bhe change for Saturday, Ma.y 3rd at the King George Theatre is one in which Marion Davies will reappear, her newest Metro jGoldwynMayer starring vehicle being "Marianne," an original story for the screen. Incidentally it is Marion Navies' first all-talking^ feature.

'■'Marianne" is a story about a French peasant girl who tried her hardest to keep Allied soldiers at arms' lengt>h at the end of the war, but finished up by maTrying one of them, — in spite of the fact that she oncejaad a, Trench soldier sweetheart of iher own.

Marianne's destiny is first influenced by the billeting of a company of soldiers in her barnyard, and the noisy, soldierly songs, funny, little stories, stolen organ music, etc, doesn't die •down until Marianne rescues the man sue loves frem the guardroom cells, on a serious charge, and they find love and happiness together. . s

It is essentially a comedy picture, «&e type MaTion Davies has endeared

herself with to her huge army of admirers, but there is a tremendous added thrill in hearing this popular star talk, especially as the broken English she utters is reminiscent to the very life of the quaint phraseology of JEiTew Zealand "Diggers" heard from the French! girls, thus emphasising tih.e brilliant talent of Marion Da vies. Furthermore, the songs, specially composed for the picture, are sung with infectious meTiiment and gusto. '

A brilliant cast surrounds the star, while t>he settings and the direction add materially to the realism of this post-war story. Everyone who likes splendid acting and a hundred hearty laughs should make sure of seeing it.