ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 134, 7 May 1940, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

MAYFAIR THEATRE. “TI-IE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN. WEST” Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, "co-starred for the fourth time, introduce eight now and beautiful song numbers, composed and written by Signnmd Romberg and Gus Kahn in-“ The Girl of the Golden West,” screening to-day at the Mayfair Theatre. Tlie numbers that the world is to first hear from tlie voices of the singing stars are “Shadows on the Moon,” “The Wind in the Trees,” “Soldiers of Fortune,” “Senorita,” “Sunup to Sundown,” “Who Are We to Sav,” “Mariechio” and “The West Ain’t- Wild Any More,” all by Romberg and Kahn. Miss MacDonald also sings Gounod’s “Aye. Maria” and Liszt’s “Dream of Love.” Based on David Belasco’s play, “The Girl of the Golden West” is the story of Mary, owner of the Polka Saloon and dance hall in a-California mining town in 1850. She is loved by the sheriff, Jack Ranee, hut she falls in love with Ramcrcz, a bandit, believing him to he an army officer. Ranee eventually captures Ramcrcz in Mary’s cabin after wounding him. He consents to play cards with the girl for the bandit’s life, but the sheriff catches her cheating. She promises to marry Ranee if ho frees Ramcrcz, hut shortly before the marriage he realises that Mary can love no one but Ramarez, and permits them to ho reunited. The supporting cast includes Walter Pidgeon, Leo Carillo, Buddy Ebscn, Leonard Pen, Priscilla Lawson, Bob Murphy, Olin Howland, Cliff Edwards, Billy Bevan,’ Brandon Tynan, 11. B. Warner and- Monty Woolley.

REGENT THEATRE. "BEAU GESTE.” Co-starring Gary Cooper, Ray Midland and Robert Plosion as the brothers “Goste,” ParamouTit’s, new, advenluiecrammcd, excitement-filled production of “Beau Goste” will screen to-day at the Regent Theatre. Based on the great novel by P. C. -Wren, the picture tells the roaring, lusty story of three gallant brothers who endure dangers and hardship, in tho French Foreign Legion because their luyalty to cacti other will not permit the linger of suspicion to point to any one of 'them as guilty of the theft of a valuable sapphire, stolen' 1 from their guardian. Brian -JJonlevy, Susan Hayward, J. Carrol Naisli, Donald O’Comior and James .Stephenson are prominent in the supporting cast. Many other well known players will he seen in important roles and thousands of extia players will he seen ill the-thril-ling'-sequences ill which a wild desert tribe attacks a Foreign Legion outpost, Fort Zinderncuf. William A. Wellman, who brought "Men With Wings” to the screen last season, produced and directed the picture. Robert Carson is the /author of- tlie screenplay.