ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19892, 22 May 1936, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT PROGRAMMES. STATE THEATRE. Two films will be screened to-day —“Yellow Dust,’’ starring Richard Dix, and “Here Gomes Trouble,” with Arline Judge and Paul Kelly in the leading roles. “Yellow Dust” is a tale of love and action set in California in I the days of the rush for gold. A young prospector hits upon a rich deposit 1 and hastens to stake a claim. On his way he rescues a young girl from 1 bandits, and taking her to town he becomes so wrapped in romantic dreams that he neglects to register his find. Enemies try every possible ruse to have lijm imprisoned, and it is only after several misunderstandings and a good deal of exciting riding and fighting that he is rewarded with the lady's hand. Leila Hyams is the heroine and Jessie Ralph also appears. A luxury liner on the bounding main is the scene, and its cargo of passengers and crew are the actors in the delightful comedy-drama, “ Here Gomes Trouble.” Anything can, and does happen out beyond the twelve mile j limit on this liner that has burglars in j the passenger list and roughnecks in the crew. REGENT THEATRE. Song, sentiment and comedy are deftly blended in “Queen of Hearts,” ! Grade Fields’ latest film. An Associated Talking Pictures production. “Queen of Hearts” is ideal entertainment, with that mass appeal which lias characterised all the talking pictures in which Grade Fields has appeared. From start to finish there is not a dull moment, and the comedy is of the rollicking variety, which Monty Banks handles with unusual flair. He , has directed “Queen of Hearts” in a ! way that perhaps no other director in ; the British studios could emulate. He has made the most of every situation, and—an unusual feature in musical films—he has ensured that the plot is not merely a peg on which to hang the musical score and songs. Gracie Fields’ performance in “Look Up and Sing” is still remembered with relish by the majority of fllmgoers, but this she has easily eclipsed in “Queen of Hearts,” which is undoubtedly her most successful production. The actress displays her usual vivacity and characteristic ease in emerging, not without great stress, from difficult situations. THEATRE ROYAL. Imagine for a moment that every radio receiver in tiie land lias been rendered useless; that radio broadcasting to all intents and purposes lias ceased to exist. That such a circumstance is not only possible but easily attainable to any unscrupulous individual or group of individuals determined lo cripple the nation's broadcasting facilities is dramatically portrayed in “You May Be Next.” The film details the strangely fascinating plot engineered by Douglass Dumbrille, as the super-racketeer, to extort a fortune from the radio broadcasting companies by threatening to neutralise their programmes with a secret and mysterious radio wave. Ann Sothern is featured with Lloyd Nolan, appearing as a singer in Dumbrille’s cafe. Dumbrille “jams” the stations with exciting results. CIVIC THEATRE. * Ann Harding and Herbert Marshall have been acting on the screen for some time now, and have already been, teamed together. Those who saw “The Flame Within” will not forget that combination for a long time, and those who see “The Lady Gonsents” will have good reason to remember this. Miss Harding gets through her part with her accustomed ease. As usual no situation Is beyond her, and Herbert Marshall is also successful. Margaret Lindsay is very successful in portraying a -social climbing, moneyloving young girl who feels no qualm in taking another woman’s husband simply because, as she says herself, “he is the best that she could gel in New York.” Miss Harding’s tactics in getting her husband back from Miss Lindsay are not quite above board, but are interesting. The photography and the direction are all that one lias come to expect from a film from RKO-Radio.

ROXY THEATRE.

In “Charlie Chan in Paris” Chan j journeys to France on a secret mission ! for a British banking house. Before | lie leaves Paris he lias not only tracked | down a gang of forgers, but lias ! plunged into the dangerous shadows jof his most baffling mystery. A phanj lorn killer has terrorised Hie city, and i it's Charlie Chan who captures him j red-handed, following two hideous killings. in “Dr. Socrates” Paul Muni is ; seen as a neurotic doctor who leads llie Government agents in the capture of a band of criminals. I “Surprise’’is a gay musical comedy, featuring the lumcan Sisters, stars or ! slage and screen. I | TO-MURROW’S ATTRACTIONS. j Three entertaining films will be | screened to-morrow—“ The Perfect | Gentleman,” a comedy featuring Cecily | Courtneidge and Frank Morgan; “The | Flame Within,” a drama with Ann ! Harding and Herbert Marshall; and I “What! No Man?” an amusing comedy.