AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 377, 8 March 1937, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

Plaza Theatre.

“Piccadilly Jim.”

One ot the most uproarious laugh riots of the year shows at the Plaza Theatre finally to-night with the release of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, “Piccadilly Jim,” starring Robert Montgomery. Of all the hilarious comedies written by the brilliant British humorist P. G. Wodehouse, “Piccadilly Jim” has been proclaimed his funniest. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who made “The Great Ziegfeld,” the new picture gives Montgomery and Miss Evans a stellar supporting cast that includes Frank Morgan and Billie Burke.

“Piccadilly Jim” is the story of a young American caricaturist in London who plunges into romantic difficulties by unknowingly burlesquing in a comic strip the family of the girl with whom he is in love. The settings ot London and New York and the transatlantic steamer backgrounds are described as among the most beautiful ever designed by Cedric Gibbons.

King’s Theatre.

“Life Begins at 40.”

It this is Will Rogers’ funniest comedy, then there is nothing funnier. Showing at King’s Theatre for the last time to-night as one half of a double-feature programme, it will prove worth-while entertainment. Rogers, as the owner and editor of a smali-town newspaper, has a wonderful faculty for getting into trouble and out again, and in short order he has fought a pistol duel with the banker, who tried to break him, saved an innocent boy from disgrace, and set a love match in order.

On the same programme is "The Cowboy Millionaire,” with George O’Brien and Evalyn Bostock in the leading roles. It is a typical story of love and adventure, and will thoroughly satisfy those who like this type ot play.