ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20508, 26 May 1938, Page 14

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT PROGRAMMES ROXY THEATRE How to double £SOOO. win a fortune and the girl in thirty days, is Rinsr Crosby’s big problem in “Double or Nothing.” a comedy about a freak will. The girl is Mary Carlisle, and her problem is finding a way lo reconcile love with duty. Martha Raye goes mad and Andy Devine and William Frawley are not far behind. The songs introduced are “The Moon Got. in My Eyes.” “All You Want to ldo is Dance.” “It's the Natural Thing to Do.” “It's Gn. It’s off,” “After You.” “Smarty.” and “Listen. My Children.” Actual shots of Madrid under fire and fighting around the adjacent countryside are included in “The Last Train from Madrid.” the first drama based on file Spanish strife. It, features Dorothy Lam our ancl Lew Ayres. STATE THEATRE “Ladies Should Listen” tells how a young man-about-town gets into all sorts of complications with an option on a South American nitrate concession, and too many girl friends. The efforts of a telephone operator, who is in Jove with him, to extricate him from his troubles only help to complicate matters, and there is much embarrassment for the players and much fun for the audience before the climax is reached. Of more than passing interest is the hotel doorman, in which Charles Ray. former star of country boy roles, stages a comeback. “We Who Are About to Die.” featuring Ann Dvorak and Preston Foster, tells of the dramatic rescue of a young man, found guilty of a murder he did not commit, from the gallows. “RADIO CITY’ REVELS” “Radio City Revels,” a big musical show, will be screened to-morrow. It features Bob Burns, Jack Oakie, Ann Miller, Kenny Baker and Victor Moore. THEATRE ROYAL “They Met in a Taxi” tells of a pseudo-heiress who turns to a taxidriver for help when polie'e accuse her of Ihe theft, of a pearl necklace. Chester Morris and Fay Wray have Ihe featured roles. The story revolves about, the plight of charming Mary Trenton (Fay Wray . a dress model, who is accused of stealing a pearl necklace from an heiress bride while modelling the wedding dress in the wealthy girl’s apartment.

“Escape from Devil's Island” has the dreaded French penal settlement as Ihe locale for a highly exciting melodrama. Victor .Tory is seen as an adventurous international spy who escapes a sentence to Devil’s Island only to go there voluntarily in a mad attempt to free his compatriot-in-crime and the father of his sweetheart. “RADIO LOVER” "Radio Lover,” a comedy featuring Ann Penn and Wylie Watson, and “Making the Headlines.” an exciting drama starring Jack Holt, will be screened to-morrow. REGENT THEATRE “Mad About Music" presents Deanna Durbin in a different characterisation from those of her previous pictures, and in a mood and tempo also different. Only a few tears—and those in the roost effective manner—intrude into the story of a girl wilh Ihe makebelieve father. Deanna sings as delightfully as ever, and wilh the exception of Gounod's “Ave Maria” her selections are lighter than usual. She renders “1 Love to Whistle,” “Serenade io Ihe Stars.” “Chapel Bells." in addition to "Ave Maria.” Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, Arthur Treacher. Jackie Moran and Franklin Pangborn do good work in the supporting cast. “WELLS FARGO” Rased on the opening of the trail which linked the American Far West to the East in early gold days, over which adventurers, soldiers, settler*, heroes and scoundrels passed for more than 25 years. "Wells Fargo." to be screened on Saturday, is built around the express business as founded by Wells and Fargo shortly after gold was discovered in California.

CIVIC THEATRE “Love on a Budget” is an entertaining story dealing with the tribulations of Herbert and Bonnie Thompson, a young married couple. Herbert. is determined lo furnish th' new home when lie can afford to pay cash: Bonnie is convinced by T'nele Charlie that the proper method is the dollar-down. dollar-a week plan. The different viewpoints cause much amusement. “Everything Is Thunder” is a gripping drama revolving around a British officer’s escape from a prison camp during the Great War. BOBBY BREEN “Hawaii Calls.” to be screened tomorrow. is Bobby Breen's latest musical starring vehicle. Bobby is presented as a former san Francisco street gamin who goes to the Hawaiian Islands as a stowaway. His singing voice seems even to have increased in sweetness and quality, and his rendition of several songs during the picture is very pleasing. Almost the entire story takes place in Hawaii and is filmed against backgrounds of lush tropical beauty.