AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 143, 8 February 1939, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

“THAT CERTAIN WOMAN” . i C Again given a photoplay that lias plenty of scope tor lier : unique; emotional talents, Bette Davis comes to the De Luxe Theatre on Thursday and Friday in “That Certain Woman”. Adventure —romantic love—martyrdom mother-love are all portrayed by blonde Bette in tile, course of this exciting drama, which, -was both written and directed by the Edmund Moulding. Her part in the play is much more important than the one in “Kid! Galahad,” with Edward G. Robinson, and the role is even mere tense and engrossing than the one she had in “Dangerous.” “That" Certain Woman” is a story about the/ widow of a slain gangster, who 'despite the scorn of the world and the persecution of enemies,,'win’s her y-ity to business sueecs'shi and to the affections of a worthwhile man. Henry Fonda carries the male romantic interest, while others, in the cast include lan Hunter, Anita Louise, Donald* Crisp, Hugh O’Coh'nell, Mary Phillips and Herbert Rawlinson.

Locales of the action include Monte Carlo, with some very striking sets, London, .Paris and various other Old World capitals, as well as New York City. ■'*'*■** There has been an increasing tendency ofdate to give Bette Davis the very best : yi stories that the; Warner Bros. <-’an • find, and the result has been . evident in the increasing popularity of ; her films. This story was written for her and.nobody else, bv Edmund "Colliding. He even composed '{-he' music'for it. Mi ss Davis won the Academy Awardi for the best performance in 1935, and her enthusiastic fans are saying that her present picture may put her in line for another one. She and Fonda and liuiitjqiy all turn in outstanding performances in “That: Certain Woman,” which „is' abo.pt sensational a movie as she ever"'made. “THE! GIRL OF THE GOLRK'-V WEST” V Mius ic by Liszt and Gounod, old folk songs of the days of ’49, dreamy love melodies by Sigmund Romberg and/ sprightly Spanish airs all went into the picture of pioneer California in the music of “The' Girl, of/the Golden West” musical translation of the famous David Mclasco play with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, coming Saturday to the De Luxe Theatre.

When William. Anthony McGuire began preparations to produce the picture, Romberg was the l first mamto join him. He .conducted elaborate research for Spanish-. Californiathiusic of the period, learned . which of the classics Lotta Crghtree ,± and other early singers* sangjffor the miners in the first theatres, then set about working this information into a musical score. ’

The songs include “Soldiers of Fortune,” a stirring march number sung by Nelson Eddy and the band 1 : its on horseback, and composed by Romberg with lyrics by Gils Kalin. These .wjg&ers also Wrote “Shadows on the Afeqn-j’A-'a ballad sung by Miss ALacDcuald/'toyan Indian baby in the picture; “AATm-Are AAse to Say,” the MacDonald J Eddy- love fduet; “Senorita,” the Spanish love, song, which Eddy sings in and later to Mi ss AlacDonald nr-', English ■ the “Alariacliie,” a lavish spectacle with hundreds jof- dancers ’and mounted vaqueros, wsth'* the song lyric's sung-'by Alias and Eddy in- the Monterey' fiesta sequence, and “The Wind in the Trees,” Aliss AlacDonald’s coloratura number.

From the classics * are drawn “D'feani of Love” by Liszt, sung by Afiss MacDonald in “Polka Maria,” which'she singd in the scene in the Alonterey Alission.

A special comedy song was also written for the picture by Romberg and Kahn. This, is the song, “'The West Ain’t AVild Any A lore,” sung by Buddy Ebsen in the blacksmith’s shop scene. Players include Aliss Mat\Donakl, Eddy, Walter Bidgeon, Leo Carillo, Buddy Ebsen, Leonard Penn, Priscilla Lawson, Bob Alurphv, Olin Howland, and Cliff Edwards.