AMBASSADOR, POINT CHEVALIER

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 951, 19 April 1930, Page 14

AMBASSADOR, POINT CHEVALIER

“Sporting Goods.” which is to be j screened this evening at the Ambassadors Theatre, Point Chevalier, is an I outstanding comedy. Richard Dix has | the leading role and plays the role of ! a travelling salesman for a new type ’ of golf suit, who is mistaken for a ; millionairs and trys to carry on the j deception. ! Enjoyable supports are also to be 1 shown. DIXIELAND CABARET ' Another of the most popular and enjoyable dances for which the Dixieland Cabaret is famous is to be held there this evening. All the latest and brightest jazz music will be played by the Dixieland Dance Band and dancing will be continued until a late hour. On Monday evening also a big dance i will be held at Dixieland. l FILM ABOUT SUBMARINES j Heredity is probably largely responsible, for the notable performance given by Kenneth Mac Kenna in the leading role of “Men Without Women.’* Critics have hailed Mac Kenna’s work as the mysterious petty officer of the j submarine as one of the finest por- ' trayals yet given to the speaking | screen. But Mac Kenna himself believes the sea-going realism of his characterisation is partly inherited. For the past 200 years or so the men of his mother’s family have been sea captains, and the actor, as he expresses it, “has salt in his blood.” Songs are an abundant feature of “Men Without Women.” The tunes are all old-time favourites and are carolled by the sailors in Shanghai resorts during the opening sequences of the picture. “Frankie and Johnnie,” "The Tattooed Lady,” “Strike Up the Band,” “Here Comes a Sailor,” and other semi-alcoholic ditties will be recognised by masculine audiences with, perhaps, regretful memories. Leon Errol, famous tumbling comedian of the stage and screen, has been assigned a part in “Paramount on Parade,” a mammoth multi-star revue now in production at the Paramount Hollywood studios. Thirty-five stars, headed by Maurice Chevalier. are leatured in the Dioture.