ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20256, 27 July 1937, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT PROGRAMMES. BTATE THEATRE. “People Will Talk,” a romantic comedy featuring Mary Boland and Charles Ruggles, and “It’s a Small World,” an exciting drama with Spencer Tracy in the leading role, will be screened to-day. In “ People Will Talk ” the pair who have impersonated the meek husband and domineering wife in such films as “ Ruggles of Red Gap,’’ “ The Pursuit of Happiness,” " Six of a Kind,” and. half a dozen other comedy successes, are re-united In a picture that gives them a greater opportunity than *ever to display their talent for squeezing laughter out of every situation. “ It’s a Small World ” concerns a lawyer and a beauty who leave the wreckage of their cars, after a headon collision in a Louisiana read. First he arrests her. Then, claiming, through a quaint Napoleonic law the right to the body of the debtor, he becomes her guardian with exciting results. THEATRE ROYAL. “The Night is Young" Is a glamorous romance of Vienna and the Imperial Ballet, with Ramon Novarro as a gay young Austrian archduke and Evelyn Lave as a ballet dancer. Spectacular scenes in the great Prater, or amusement park, the Imperial opera, the Emperor's palace, and in quaint Viennese cafes and pleasure spots figure In the elaborate settings. Song hits such as “The Night is Young,” “When I Grow too Old to Dream,” “Wiener Schnitzel” and others embellish the romance. The cast includes sucli talented players as Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Edward Everett Horlon, Donald Cook, Henry Stephenson, Rosalind Russell, Herman Eing, Charles Judels and Albert Conti. “Baby Face Harrington” is an amusing comedy, with Una Merkel and Charles Butterworth as chief funmakers. They play a small-town couple who inadvertently become embroiled with the law CIVIC THEATRE. With John Boles playing one of the greatest roles of his career, a story which will appeal to all, and a strong supporting cast, “As Good as Married” Is a film which should appeal to all. Much amusing comedy is introduced and the romantic interest is stirring and dramatic. Roles plays the role of a business man who marries his charming secretary (Doris Nolan) on a purely business basis, and who believes in “ love, honour and away.” He shows not the slightest interest in his wife, and when a former girl friend (and gold-digger) arrives he has some difficulty in explaining that he is married. When his wife disappears, however, the husband realises that he is in love with her, and his efforts to recapture her form the crucial part of an entertaining story, which, with its intriguing situations and interesting dialogue, holds the attention of the audience throughout. Walter Pidgeon, Tala Birell, and Alan Mowbray play very fine roles. REGENT THEATRE. In “The Show Goes On” Grade Fields plays the part of Sally Lee, a Lancashire mill employee, with ambitions to go on the stage. While singing in a cheap pierrot troupe she attracts the attention of Martin Fraser (Owen Nares), a song writer, who eventually trains her for ’the concert stage. During .this training Sally cannot resist the temptation to burlesque one of the serious songs of her tutor, and he is deeply hurt. The serious nature of her songs meets with scant success, and in desperation she reverts to her famous Lancashire clowning, and immediately achieves fame. Cyril Rltchard plays the role of Jimmy, Sally’s accompanist. Catchy songs Include “A Song in Your Heart,” “My Love for You,” “The Co-op. Show,” “ I Never Cried So Much in All My Life,” “You’ve Got to Smile When You Say Good-bye” and “We’re All Good Pals Together,” while a striking -scene is that on board the liner Queen Mary. “WHEN LOVE IS YOUNG.” Virginia Bruce has her first starring role In the musical romance “When Love Is Young,” which will be screened on Thursday. It is a very entertaining production. ROXY THEATRE. The film of the football match between the Springboks and Auckland is very interesting, and gives an excellent Idea of the highlights of the game. “A Message to Garcia” has John Boles as the hero. Entrusted with a dispatch to Garcia, somewhere In the tropical interior of Cuba, ho sets out with a crafty, humorous renegade (Wallace Beery). In their wanderings they meet a girl (Barbara Stanwyck) whose father has been executed, and who is willing to lead them to Garcia. The climax Is approached when Beery mistakenly lets Boles fall into a trap laid by Alan Hale, and then leads Garcia’s forces in a charge to the rescue that sets things right and brings the story to a happy close. “The Private Secretary” Is a hilarious somedy with Edward Everett Horton as a most amusing curate, and “You Can’t Get Away With It” is an exciting drama of the G-men.