AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 46, 20 June 1938, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

“Wall we dance” ' ■ ■ 1 : . .. Blending romance, melody, dancing and laughter, “Shall AA 7 e Dance”, the new. Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musical' film, which screens at the De Luxe Theatre on Wednesday, Thursday and. Friday, is said to flit a new high in screen/ entertainment. The story deals with the hectic love affair between Astaire as an outstanding ballet dancer, and Aliss Rogers as a noted revue favourite. Astaire’s -interest in’the slender tap-dancer ’ leads to a series of incidents which in turn give rise to popular belief that- the ” two are married.

Despite Miss Roger’s denials, the rumours grow and, unable to escape the resulting publicity, the two decide that the only way to obtain their freedom is actually to get married.. This ingenious plot is played against a glittering background of modern lire, with spectacular dances and tuneful song numbers woven into tlie action, and with even more romance and comedy than any of the previous AstaireRogers vehicles.

The two stars present three dances together, one of them a highly unique roller skating number. Others include a .solo dance by Astaire in time to the whirling machinery, of an ocean liner’s engine room, another solo in a finale, a sparkling duet dance by Astaire and Harriet Hoetor, America’s foremost ballet artiste, and a solo number by Aliss Hoetor, as well as a group of novel ensemble dances specially created for the picture.

Six song hits composed by George and Ira Gerslnuv are featured in the film, of which “They Can’t Take That. Away,” “I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck,” and “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Oft” are in the best-seller class. “WEST BOUND LIMITED” The throbbing excitement of a railroad story is the central theme of Universal’s “West Bound Limited, current attraction at the De Luxe Theatre, featuring Lyle Talbot and Polly Rowjes. A runaway train thunders along at high speed, rushing down a mountain side around steep- curves, plunging through a tunnel, roaring across a bridge, pounding down closer and closer to a passenger train. Lyle Talbot, a station agent falsely accused of criminal negligence, risks imprisonment to save the passenger; train from destruction. A romance springs up between Talbot and Lolly llowles, Avhich is closely interwoven with the dramatic action of the storj. Talbot rouses the enmity of a man who is in love with the girl. In a final struggle with his antagonist, lalbot discovers the truth of the mystery which has kept him a fugitive for ayear.