COMING ATTRACTIONS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 September 1938, Page 5

COMING ATTRACTIONS

NEW SCREEN FEATURES. COSY. Tomorrow: Virginia Cherrill and James Mason in “Late Extra” (Fox) and Victor McLaglen and Conchita Montenegra in “Laughing at Life” (A.P.) Tuesday: “Guard That Girl” starring Florence Rice and Robert Allen; also Otto Kruger and Miriam Marsh in “Lady of Secrets” (Both Columbia). Friday: “Cassidy of Bar 20” with William Boyd and Nora Lane, and “Tip-Off Girls” starring Mary Carlisle and Lloyd Nolan. (Both Paramount) REGENT. Saturday: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Myrna Loy in M.G.M.’s thrilling epic of the air, “Test Pilot.” Wednesday: Return season of “100 Men and a Girl” Universal’s delightful musical starring Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Mischa Auer, Alice Brady, and Frank Jenks. Saturday: “The Firefly” M.G.M.’s great musical drama, featuring Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones. STATE. Tomorrow: Merle Oberon, Laurence Oliver, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson and Morton Selten in Alexander Korda’s technicolour comedy, “The Divorce of Lady X.” Tuesday: Richard Dix, Whitney Borune, Eduardo Ciannelli in “Blind Alibi” and “Condemned Woman,” starring Sally Eilers, Louis Hayward and Anne Shirley. Two outstanding dramas from R-K-O Radio. Friday: Sonja Henie, Don Ameche, Jean Hersholt, Ethel Merman, Cesar Romero, in the spectacular 20th Cen-tury-Fox show, “Happy Landing.” ’ MUSIC AND DRAMA IMPRESSIONISTIC PLAY IN AUCKLAND. A play which is now being performed by repertory theatres in England and which has created a deep impression, is to be given by the Auckland Repertory Theatre in about five weeks time. Entitled “The Ascent of F 6” the play has a satirical theme and is a comment on the manner in which patriotism is prostituted by politicians. The stage settings are of a very unusual nature. Divided into three parts, the stage represents in the centre the ascent of the mountain, on the left a radio station with various people talking, and on the right an impression of suburbia. The actual tragic ascent of the peak is only incidental to the unfolding of the drama of international

rivalry. Fine lighting effects are being worked out for the play, which is poetic in conception. Part is written in verse libre.

“The Vagabond King.” “The Vagabond King” which was recently presented with remarkable success by the Auckland Operatic Society is to be staged by the Hamilton society from September 12 to 17. Under the direction of Mr Stanley James, the chorus and principals are stated to be making excellent progress. It is hoped to make a feature of the orchestral work. Mrs E. R. Greenfield, a gifted violinist, who has had wide experience in concert and orchestral work in Australia and New Zealand, will be leader. A Disastrous Season. “Personal Appearance.” with the English actress, Betty Balfour, in the lead has closed at the Theatre Royal, after a particularly disastrous season, says a Sydney writer. A Large Carillion. A forty-four bell carillion will peal forth from the Tower of the Sun on Treasure Island, during the Golden Gate Exposition of 1939 in the heart of San Francisco. To be made in the famous old bell foundry of Gillett and Johnston, of Croydon, England, the carillion is a gift from Dr Nathaniel Coulson, and after the World’s Fair it will have a permanent home in the tower of the Grace Cathedral of San Francisco. The large bell will weigh six tons and will be audible for five miles. A Dictator’s Action. “The Tales of Hoffman” by Offenbach has been banished from the State ; Opera House of Vienna. Thus, says The Etude, may the works of perhaps the most popular light opera composer of all time be denied to the people of a nation by a misguided dictator,