ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18140, 3 October 1930, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

) TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES THE CIVIC THEATRE. 3 A more mature Joan Crawford is s seen in “ Montana Moon,” Metroy Goldwyn-Mayer’s musical Western - romance. As an Eastern society girl e who marries a. cowpuncher employed if on her father’s Montana ranch and then h discovers that he does not mix with r her own circle, Miss Crawford gives n a performance which is superior tG e anything she has ever offered the s screen In the way of sincere and mov- - ins’portrayal. Others who do splendid e work include John Mack Brown, who o plays opposite the star, Ricardo Cortez e as "the “ heavy,” Dorothy Sebastian, • Karl Dane, Benny Rubin, Cliff Edwards and Lloyd Ingraham. Malcolm St. e Clare made an able job of directing the e picture The settings of mountainous a country, wide valleys and prairies with l > much of the picture depicting the ac- - tivities of actual cowfioys make this - film something far superior to the ■1 ordinary run of cinema productions. i. Q a ROXY THEATRE. a ‘ Ruth Chatterton ocoupies an un--3 nique place in the affections of J film-lovers, and can always be 1 relied upon to give a sterling pers _ l’ormance, while her cultured English r is a delight to listen to. In “ The ’’ Laughing Lady," she has full scope s for the display of her many talents. It is the' story of a woman’s fight for happiness and the' comfort of her ;* child, and has several scenes which ■* move jhe audience to tears! She has the support of a splendid cast. STRAND THEATRE. f v “ The Cuckoos,” delighted a large - audience at the Strand Theatre last i night. “ The Cuckoos ’’ is not a t musical revue. It is a full-length o production based on a well-developed plot, with the comedy sequences hold- ? ing full sway. Gorgeously produced, , with scenes in technicolour, “ The - Cuckoos ” is an extravaganza starring - Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. t Wheeler and Woolsey, who scored sen--3 sationally in their first picture, “ Rio - Rita,” carry practically all the action 3 of “ The. Cuckoos.” They frolic madly - through the broadest comedy which is b said to he the most amusing of its kind J ever brought to pictures. They are r assisted materially by Dorothy Lee, ) also a featured player in “ Rio Rita,” f and Jobyna How’land, a new find foj 3 pictures. Romance is not neglected. - June Clyde and Hugh Trevor provide i the heart interest in most capable I fashion. Marguerita Padula, who wall f be remembered as the “ Lavinia ” of 3 “ Hit the Deck,” is heard again with t her great “ blues ” voice, and Mitchell f. Lewis', leading screen “ heavy,” is the 3 menace.. t THEATRE ROYAL. In “ Skin Deep,” popular Monte Blue ; enacts a scarred and dangerous gunman n the first part of the picture—one ql the most dramatic characterisations of his career. In the second part he is seen as the Monte Blue the world ; knows. In order to correctly look, as well as play, the scarred and hardboiled gang leader in “ Skin Deep,” : Monte undergoes a complete facial change. With the aid of modern [ make-up, his features are distorted ’ to comply with the hideous appearance .of the underworld leader. Through an accident and with the aid of plastic surgery, his face is made over. Four-year-old Davey Lee gives a moving portrayal as the child who saved the ex-convict from committing murder. Betty Compson and Alice Day have the only feminine roles while John Davidson, John Bowers, Georgie Stone, Tully Marshall and Robert Perry enact important supporting roles.