ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20275, 18 August 1937, Page 11

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT PROGRAMMES

“AREN’T WE ALL?” Much interest is being taken in the production at the Civic Theatre to-night I of the Frederick Lonsdale's brilliant 1 comedy "Aren't We All?” Under the direction of Mr A. E. Manning, the cast chosen by the Hamilton Playbox is sure to give a good account of -itself, j The story of the play is very entertain- | Ing. Margot, on returning home from a : tour abroad, finds her husband kissing I a girl friend, and on this incident is built up a comedy filled with romance and delightful sentiment, with diverting situations (sometimes amusing and sometimes tense; and some, of the wittiest and most sophisticated dialogue heard, on the local stage. The final line will probably make the audience gasp, but everyone will admit Its truth! THEATRE ROYAL. The first of the feature -comedies to be produced by the new M-G-M unit, "The Winning Ticket” depicts an Intensely human but funny story of the family of an Italian barber married to an Trish wife, and tlie hectic happenings that follow the Irish Sweepstakes ticket which has won the grand prize. Leo Carrillo, Louise Fazenda, a stellar comedienne and the Inimitable Ted Healy, head a well-chosen cast. The fun is fast and furious, and there Is a delightful romance. Thrills and mystery are rampart, and laughs and romance play hide and seek with creepy chills and fantastic happenings In "Mad Love,” a new drama which features the powerful actor Peter Lorre. STATE THEATRE. ! "The Great Hotel Murder” Is a mystery thriller that dispenses laughs and suspense in equal measure Edmund Lowe and Victor MoLaglan, that popular team of easy-going buffoons who have appeared jointly in eight pictures since they were spotlighted in "What Price Glory,” are cofeatured, and Rosemary Ames and Mary Carlisle are the women In the case. I Two murders in an ancient and dismal French chateau while a notorious ! criminal attempts to steal a rare old book worth many thousands of dollars furnish some or the thrills in "Secret I nf the. Chateau.” A dozen persons j are suspected, including Clark Willi- ! a ms. playing one of the heirs; Claire Dodd, a beautiful stealer of books; William Faversham, Jack Laßue, a former Paris apache; Osgood Perkins, the butler; Cecil Elliott, who portrays his wife, the cook; and George E. Stone, In the role of a friend of Williams. REGENT THEATRE. There are two men In the triangle In “History is Made at Night.” and the woman (Jean Arthur) is the wife of one of them, a shipping magnate. She opens the story with a note to her husband, purporting to explain how it is they cannot get along together. But everything that happens throughout the picture to her husband (Colin Clive) makes him more determined to bring her back, lie determines to prevent her from securing a decree absolute, and takes steps to have his wife caught in compromising circumstances. Charles Boyer, however, is in the next apartment at the time, and he carries off the woman, with exciting results. "Shots” of Ihe wrecking nf a liner on an iceberg are sensationally effective. "THE MAN IN POSSESSION.” "The Man in Possession,” to be screened on Saturday, has Robert Taylor and the late Jean Harlow In the leading roles. ROXY THEATRE. "First A Girl” is Jessie Matthews’ greatest triumph. The star brings all her elfin gaminerie to the role of a stage-struck midlnette, who achieves fame by posing as a female Impersonator, a deception which comes to an end when she returns to feminine status to marry the man of her choice. One of the film's most diverting episodes Is Jessie Matthews’ debut In an old-time music-hall, where, nervous almost to prostration, she Is coached from the wings by the frantic Victor and harassed by a troupe of geese. Dramatically telling a tale based on the. transformation of a dangerous killer into a respectable, honoured surgeon, "The Man Who Lived Twice” Is a gripping screen-play, rich jn emotion and suspense. The lending part is taken by Ralph Bellamy. CIVIC THEATRE, Owing to the theatre being otherwise engaged, films will not be screened to-night.