AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 413, 21 April 1937, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

Plaza Theatre. “SMARTEST GIRL IN TOWN." A romance which begins on a yacht, carries through a series of hilarious adven.ures arid ends in a chase down Mazda Lane in ManhatLa offers the narrative for Gene Ray. mond and Ann So them’s new offering, “Smartest Girl in Town,” S’ho:Wipg at the Plaza Th at-re, to-night. Topping the two favourites’ previous hit, ‘-Walking on Air,” in comedy situations and romantic the mad and merry movements of “Smartest Girl in Town” start when Miss Seth rn, posing for a series of ad ver isements aboard a palatial yacht, mistakes Raymond., a young New York millionaire and own er of the yacht for a male model sent from the agency. He dev is is an clabora'e plan to bring them constah.Ty together, and despite her intentions to wed riches, she falls in love with him—and things begin to happen, leading up to the exciting climax. Woven into the story is. a delightful musical sequence. King’s Theatre. “IHREE MARRIED MEN” ANU HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD.” Fast-moving comedy built around the wedding of a young couple—and the stumbling blocks put in their Way by much-married in-laws, is funished in Paramount’s film farce, “Three Married men,” which will be shown at the King’s Theatre to-night. The picture has .Lynne Overman, William Frawley, Roscoe Karns and Mary Brian in the leading roles. Families of the young bride and groom are at odds when the clay for the wedding arrives, and that fact does not make :he preparations for the ceremony •iny simpler. Both families aid in making a minor quarrel into a major one, leading bride and groom to separate decisions 'to take trips, away from it all and from each other. '‘Hollywood Boulevard/’ sitarring John Halliday, on the same programme, tells of an egotistic actor who agrees to still the story of his lovelife for another chance in a picture. The leading feminine role is taken by Marsha Hunt.

3AR ML'LBOURTJE (snok,«, 518.91<i.), 9.20: National ne#?. bulletin. 9.30: Victorian news bulletin. 9.35: Musical reproductions. 10.0: Chimes. A light classical programme. 10.30: “On the Witches’- Broom.” 10.45: Interlude (r). 10.50: Reginald Morphew (bari. tone). 11.5: Interlude (r). 11.10: A violin- entr’acte by Phil Cohen. EMPIRE SHORT-WAVE STAIIONS. 6.0: Big Ben. "World Affairs.” 6 15: "The Twilight Serenad-ew.” 6.35: The Hanwell Silver Band. 7.10: “Crowning 'the King" (1). A talk by the Reyrrend Canon Al. C. Deane, Chaplain 'to His Majesty King George VI. 7.25: The news and announcements. 7.30: Greenwich time signal. 7.45: "In Dublin’s Fair City.” 8 15: Cioje down.