ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 48, 25 January 1938, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. “THE EMPEROR’S CANDLESTICKS.” 5- In a film that affords amazing contrast e with their former vehicles, William Pows ell and Luise' Rainer achieve new credit in e “The Emperor’s Candlesticks,” from the s Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr studios. The star, d who has become famous as “The Thin ■, Man,” now is a dashing secret agent in :1 Europe, und Miss Rainer, recently hailed ’ for her superb artistry as the Chinese l slave-bride in “The Good Earth,” is an e j exotic woman of international intrigue, t The story, from tho novel by Baroness - ! Orczy, moves from Vienna to Warsaw, into j Russia and back into Paris and London, £ with suspenseful action at every step. / j The spies suspect each other, and right- -; fully. Death is close on (heir heels many 3 times, but they outwit it and eventually . romance brings them together. A powerful : supporting cast includes Robert Young, : Maureen O’Sullivan, Frank Morgan, Henry Stephenson, Bernadene Hayes, Donald j Kirk, Douglas Dumbrille, Barnett Parker, Bert Roach, Charles Waldron, Emma Dunn, lon Wulf, Frank Reicher, Paul • Porcasi, and E. E. Clive. George Fitzmauricc was director and the picture was 1 produced by John Considine, jnr. “The ■ Emperor’s Candlesticks” will servo as con--1 vincing proof, if any should be needed, ‘ that William Powell and Luise Rainer ! are versatile masters of their craft, capable of portraying human emotions in every phase. ■ MAYFAIR THEATRE. “BIG BROWN EYES.” Some like romance—eomo like thrills—some like comedy—and Paramount’s “Big Brown Eyes” screening at the Mayfair Theatre to-morrow, witli Joan Bennett and Cary Grant sharing the leading roles, will please them all, because it has everything! Joan breaks lip with Grant when she thinks, wrongly, that ho has fallen for another woman, and quits her manicuring job to go to work for a newspaper columnist. She gets a hunch that a mysterious jewel robbery, which is turning the town upside-down, and the killing of a little baby in tho park, are tied-up. and goes to work to run the story down. Joan puts her linger on the criminals, and forces them to stand trial, but through political pull, they get off. Joan gets another hunch, and, with Grant, works out the details i of a trap. This time, it works, and the j final fade-out shows tho lovers reunited, tho guilty gangsters getting what they deserve, and everyone happy—which is, | after ail, the proper way for a film to | wind up! ii “RUGGLES OF RED GAP.” [ On her first trip to Paris, Effio I 1 loud | of .Red Gap, U.S.A., wins a stud-poker | game, as a result of which she acquires . the services of Ruggtes, the meet perfect . gentleman’s gentleman in Europe and j J valet to the Earl of Burnstoad. Bewilder- j ed, Ruggles is transferred from tho placid, I well-regulated Burnstoad atmosphere to the I raw and riotous Floud service. Effic im- t mediately commissions the valet to outfit [ Egbert from head to too and then to es- [ eort Ins unwilling new master to tho art j galleries where, she hopes, Egbert will j drink in a little culture. Hugglcs’s elegant j manners have a convincing effect and ho . is icdiatoly taken up by the Red Gap J Blucbloods. lie longs to return -to hisyscr- J vant-clai-s station. Escaping from the so- J cicty functions' he seeks out the companion- f ship of (lie common people of the town — [ and meets Airs Judson. Their mutual love [ of good cooking brings them closer , to- [ gether, and the story proceeds in satisfy- j ing fashion to a hilarious conclusion. j