ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20283, 27 August 1937, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

CURRENT PROGRAMMES. REGENT THEATRE. “The Man In Possession” Is a very amusing comedy. Robert Taylor is shown as a young aristocrat who, after his release from prison, where a boyish escapade sent him, is shown the door of his father’s home and is temporarily at a loose end, till he discovers his* mission in life, the winning of the attractive Jean Harow. The object of his love scorns the impetuous attentions of the young unknown until he hits on the bright idea of being enrolled as the assistant of a bailiff who has to seize her properly on a debt warrant. The fun then becomes fast and furious. “AFTER THE THIN MAN.” “After the Thin Man,” to be screened to-morrow, presents a gripping mystery that, reaches a tense and most unexpected climax, but there is. in addition, a wealth of diverting humour. As Mr and Mrs Charles, William Powell and Myrna Loy again prove that their screen partnership is one of the happiest that the screen has yet presented STATE THEATRE. Two feature films —“Cherokee Strip,” featuring the popular Dick Foran, and “Time Out for Romance,” an amusing comedy —will be screened to-day. Dick Foran, the singing cowboy, is not a cattle puncher in “ Cherokee Strip.” He’s a young (singing) lawyer who takes part in the race and hangs his shingle in one of the boom towns as well as in the hearts of one or two of the local belles. It’s a western picture, but far removed from the ordinary type and with songs by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl —notably “ My Little Buckaroo.” Claire Trevor and Michael Whalen make their third screen appearance together in “ Time Out for Romance,” comedy-romance of the automobile caravans, which also features Joan Davis, Douglas Fowley and Bennie Bartlett. William Demarest, who achieved comedy honours in " Charlie Chan at the Opera,” also appears in the film. Malcolm St. Clair directed. THEATRE ROYAL. “Mysterious Crossing” and “Freedom for Sale,” two exciting dramas, will be screened to-day. “ Mysterious Crossing," as Its title implies, is a tense drama combining mystery, menace and murder. The Interest is maintained right up to the final reel by the interesting dialogue and the diverting situations. Popular James Dunn and Jean Rodgers have the romantic leads, and they are supported by an excellent cast. “ Freedom for Sale,” is a film of a totally different kind but equally interesting. ilt is a strong domestic drama, with two people whose happiness is almost wrecked. Rosalind Keith and Paul Kelly do fine work in the leading roles, and the rest of the oast give good support. CIVIC THEATRE. “Waikiki Wedding” Is a gay and ! robust comedy, garnished with splendid music, both instrumental and vocal, of the romance between a publicity agent and a contest winner (played respectively by Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross). Miss Ross wins a trip to Waikiki in a world-wide contest organised by Crosby to find a new pineapple recipe. She doesn’t find the place as glamorous as she thought it was and prepares to leave. Realising this would ruin his campaign, Crosby takes it upon himself to make Waikiki glamorous. This he does with a vengeance. He falls In love wilh Mhs Ross in the process, and when she discovers that Crosby had tricked her she is heartbroken. Then Crosby has to win her back all over again, and the way in which lie does this furnishes some genuine comedy. ROXY THEATRE. “East Meets West” is rich melodrama , flavoured with adventure and romance. As the wily Sultan of an Eastern principality George Arliss successfully wheedles great sums out of Britain and another Eastern Power, playing against them the life on a renegade Englishman, a rum-runner, whose wife lias had an affair with the Sultan’s Oxfordeducated son. “Boulder Dam" tells of a pretty

singer in a dance hall who inspires a shirker to do heroic deeds. There are scenes showing the construction of the dam, including the wrecking of l a runaway dynamite car and the saving of a man hanging from a boom hundreds of feet above the riverbed. “Black Network,” a sparkling musical comedy, is also screened. TO-MO Rn O W’S PR O G RAM ME. “Theodora Goes Wild,” an amusing comedy, and •‘Ramona,” a drama in colour, will be screened to-morrow. MONTAGUE REVUE COMPANY. The big musical revues “This Year of Carnival” and “Let’s Go Places" will be presented in Hamilton by the Bertram Montague Revue Company of London. commencing on Saturday, September 4. Mr Lewis M. Marks, the West End producer, is travelling with the company, and has stated that the two revues will be staged on the same elaborate scale as that which marked their London appearances. Between 150 and 200 tons of scenery and cos--1 umes are used, including many costumes of delicate fabrics, decorated with sequins and ostrich feathers. Tlie chief comedian is Mr George Doonan, who is making his first visit to New Zealand. lie started his stage career at the age of six. Recently he has been engaged mainly in vaudeville. Years ago he played in “Casey’s Court" In London, when the cast was headed by Charlie Chaplin. The company includes the Darmora Troupe of 12 Hungarian dancers—a ballet of ten and two speciality dancers. They perform the real Can Can dance, at which they are rale.l second only to the dancers of the dal Taliarin, Paris. Also in the company are Miss Barbara Vernon, the American comedienne; Jewel and Wen-iss, irrepressible mirthmaßers; the Dawn Sisters, dancing differently: the Blenders, four masters of melody; the Two Rogues, in a comedy cataclysm; and a ballet of 30 girls. IN THE FAR EAST INTERESTING LECTURE The Waikalo Society of Model and Experimental Engineers’ inaugurated a series of lectures last evening when ; Mr. J. Ti cl oar presided over a wellattended meeting, and Mr. E. Bleclmiden delivered an address on the “ Me in derings of a Marine Engineer.” The speaker gave, instances of his experiences in Hip China Seas, and said he had worked under the Chinese flag. Shanghai was described in detail, and places which are now flfrurins in ihej news were compared with origins and . growths decades ago Added interest was shown when Mr. Blechynden i produced panoramic photographs of | these historical spots. | Members also evinced interest in the exhibits of Chinese craftsmanship and the crude working tools which the Chinese used. In conclusion, the speaker spoke of flic great tidal wave which swept away Swatow and produced photographs of the scenes accompanying the disaster. The lecture was enhanced by exhibits of watercolour and other works of art. A vote of thanks lo the speaker, on the motion of Mr. J. Treloar, was passed by acclamation.