AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 365, 20 February 1937, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

Plaza Theatre.

“Poor Little Rich Girl.”

“The Poor Little Rich Girl,” starring Shirley Temple, opens in the palatial mansion of Michael Whalen, father of the little miss. Shirley lias no mother but her father has provided a veritable regiment of aides-de-camp whose sole duties are to look after her.

If Shirley dares to sneeze —off sGe must go to bed while a doctor is called to prescribe for her "alarming cold.” Shirley, as. you can imagine, is none too pleased With this state of affairs and persuades her father to send her to boarding school. While waiting for the train, Shirley slips away from her nurse, Sara Haden, and wanders along the street playing a game of make-believe. Miss Haden, in the meantime, is the victim of an accident, and during the following days in which Shirley seeks adventure, the little girl is not missed by her father. A touching series of events line’ culminates in Shirley being adopted by a pair of aspiring radio entertainers, Alice Faye and Jack Haley. Miss Faye realises That Shirley is no “orphan” as she has told them, but Haley recognises Shirley’s talents as Just what the act needs.

The team is a knock-out in its audition and is hired by Claude Gillingwater—the strongest business rival of Shirley's father! How Shirley brings success to Haley and Miss Faye, romance to hetdaddy and Gloria Stuart and happiness' to crabby Claude GiliingWater makes her most human and heartwarming storyFive melodious new song hits—and really hits!—are featured in the production. The numbers, all aulhotrcd by those famous Hollywood songwriters, Mack Gordon and Harry Revel, are “When I’m With You,” “But Definitely,” “You’ve Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby.” “Oh, My Goodness” and “Military Man.” Darryl F. Zanudk appointed Irving Cummings to direct the film and B. G. De Sylva associate producer. It shows ait the Plaza Theatre to-night and finally, on Monday.

King’s Theatre.

“End of the Trail.

A stirring picturisation of the historic hundred days’ war against Spain, culminating in the famous charge of Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders up the San Juan Hill, will be seen in Columbia’s “End of the Trail,” starring Jack Holt, when it shows at the King’s Theatre to-night and on Monday.

“End of the Trail” was adapted to the screen by Harold Shumate from Zane Grey's story “Outlaws of Palouse,” which is considered one of the finest novels ever written by this famed American author.

The story, essentially ,is that of two friendly enemies in a small western cow-town who answer the call to colours in the war with Spain. Dale Brittenham, played by Holt, saves the life of Bob Hildreth, played by Guinn Williams, and loses the sight of one eye. They meet Louise Henry, as Belle, a Red Cross nurse, and their rivalry is intensified. They are both in love with the same girl. When they return from Cuba Hildreth is made Sheriff and Brittenham, unable to get a job, follows a questionable vocation but becomes very rich. With the girl between them and the two former buddies in arms on opposite sides of the law, “End of the Trail” develops into an Intensely dramatic story that moves swiftly and thrlllingly to a surprise climax.