ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 220, 17 August 1937, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

KOSY THEATRE. “LET’S GET MARRIED.” There’s a laugh a minute in Columbia's rollicking new screen comedy, “Let’s Get Married,” screening finally to-night at the Rosy Theatre. Tho story hinges on the romance of Miss Lupino, daughter of poll- < tico Walter Connolly, and Ralph Bellamy, the official Government weather forecasted. The very handsome menace in the case is Reginald Denny, scion to great wealth and family tradition, who is being groomed for Congress under the sponsorship of Connolly. Miss Lupino first meets Bellamy when bis invention, a ballroom-type “me-teorograph,’’-falls from the skies and strikes her on tier pretty rod head. Ida, already irritated by the obvious attempts of her father to get her engaged to Denny, is angered by the fact that Bellamy’s weather instrument has struck her. When Ralph calls for his balloon she expects to sec a professor-like pedagoguo, and is agreeably surprised to find Bellamy to bo a personable young chap. Their numerous verbal tiffs finally result in a “break,” and in pique Miss Lupino promises Denny, if it does not rain, to go to the mountains with him for ski-ing. Sho further promises to marry him while they are on their weekend trip. Connolly, too, is interested. in tlie weather. 11c realises that if it rains, up-State voters will stay away from the polls, thus assuring Denny's election. Bellamy, however, upsets the apple cart after learning of Ida Lupino's promise to Denny by falsely predicting rain for the election day week-end. The resulting turmoil winds up in an extremely surprising climax, filled with romance and high comedy. Miss Lupino is perfectly grand as the hot-tempered, hard-headed young firebrand. Bellamy, as usual, turns in a fine performance, while Walter Connolly is flawless as the political ward heeler. “THE MAN IN BLUE.” “Tho Man in Blue,” tho Universal picture now showing finally at the Rosy, is tho dramatic story of a policeman who adopts tho son of a burglar whom he kills iu self defence during a gun battle. It is a powerful, inspiring story of bate and love; of distrust and suspicion; of faith and redemption. Through it is woven a beautiful romance that makes a man’s life whole again. The cop is portrayed by that fine character actor, Edward Ellis. Tho boy is played by Billy Burrud in the early sequences and by Robert \\ ilcox in tho main situations of the play, while the girl in the story is Nan Grey, one of the “Three Smart Girls.” The youth grows into a splendid young man, with a wonderful bond of affection between him and his fester father. Then the officer, under circumstances which canto him to suspect his adopted son, wipes out all his gor.d work with a moment of distrust. The son is embittered and disillusioned. Subjected to the I evil influence of a scamp uncle, played by j Richard Carlo, lie turns criminal, is caught and sent to prison. In an inspiring climax, his regeneration ■is brought about by a restoration of faith and the assurance of his sweetheart’s love.

MAYFAIR THEATRE. I “TIIE GHOST GOES WEST.” j Robert Donat, the handsome young English actor who rose to world fame overnight last season when ho was brought to Hollywood to play “The Count of Monte Cristo,” makes his latest appearance in “The Ghost Goes West,” Alexander Korda’s gay romantic comedy which comes to the Mayfair Theatre to-morrow. Jean Parker und Eugene Pallctto head the sup- | porting cast. Adapted by Robert E. Slier- , wood from a story in London Punch by j Eric Kcown, “Tho Ghost Goes Wesl” is i

the first production to be directed in English by Rene Clair, the famous French director, who handled the megaphone on such successes as “Sous Lcs To its do Paris,” “Le Million” and “A Nous La Libertc.” The story follows the amazing and amusing adventures of a handsome and ainiablo “spook” who haunts an ancient Scottish castle. When a wealthy American food merchant named Martin buys the castle from Donald Glouric, the ghost’s debt-ridden descendant, and transports it to America stone by stone, the spook goes along. Donat plays the dual role of Donald and the ghost, and a series of hilarious situations develop when the ghost suddenly makes his appearance aboard the luxury liner and is mistaken for Donald, who is credited, with all his strange and unaccountable antics The story reaches a surprise comedy climax when Martin, who had decided tb use the ghost to publicise his grocery business, reenacts the ludicrously modernised castle in Now York and holds a gala reception to introduce his famous “spook” to the gentlemen of the Pre*s, Jean Parker provides the love interest and Eligpnfc Palletto plays the millionaire. Lanchoster and Patricia Hilliard are also proininently cast. “The Ghost Goes West is a London film released through United Artists.