ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20729, 13 February 1939, Page 12

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT PROGRAMMES ROXY THEATRE In “Breaking the lee,” at. the Roxy Theatre, an oily-tonsmed antique dealer who sells Hepplewhite chairs as well as a mule trained to return home after it is sold is a comic supporting character to Bohbv Breen in the sinking stars newest musical romance. The antique dealer, who tries to sell even Bobby, ; is played by Charlie Ruggles. Others j In the strong supporting cast of this, • , the best Bobby picture to da»e. •re Dolores Costello, Robert Barrat, , Dorothy Peterson. Charlie Murray and i Billy frilbert. Irene Dare. Ihe six- j year-old ice-skatins: marvel, i her screen dehut in the film's costly . Ic- revue. Myrna Loy. Franehnt Tone. Rosalind Russell and Walter Pidcreon ap- 1 pear in “Man-Proof.” a modern story ; of a four-party love afTair. There is much scintillating comedy throughout , the story. The u?ual short subjects will be screened. STATE THEATRE Thrilling action with Brian Danlevy, husky and athletic leading man. and Wally Vernon, comedian, teamed as “ The Camera Daredevils ” is In i ‘‘Sharpshooters." first of a new Twentieth Century-Fox action series, which Is now at the State Theatre. Brian is seen as the ace of newsreel photographers, always in the deuce of a jam. Lynn Bari provides the romantic interest as Brian's niftiest assignment; but she has the Indian ! sign on him. Wally Vernon is Waldo, the movie sound man; but even a loud silence gives him the jitters. Others In the cast are John King. Douglas Dumbrille, C. Henry Gordon and Sidney Blackmer. Jack Randall, Monogram's singing Western star, introduces five new songs in his latest picture, “Where the West Begins," which will also be screened. These five are "Born to the Range,” ‘‘Down the Trail of Dreams,” with lyrics by Johnny Lange and music by Fred Stryker; "Sleep, Little Cow- ] boy. Sleep." “I'm in Prairie Heaven’’ ] an 1 "That’s My idea of Fun," with ; music and lyrics by Connie Lee. CIVIC THEATRE nTTmance, high comedy, pathos, excitement. colour of breath-taking beauty and tuneful music! Mix them well and you have “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Walt Disney’s fantasy, which will commence a season , of five days at the Civic Theatre to- j day. Disney and his staff of artists ! . have created a beautiful heroine in j' Snow White herself, "whose skin was ]' white as snow, lips red as a rose, and | hair black as ebony.” Into the seven | little dwarfs they have instilled all of | the personality and comic little quirks 1 so definitely associated with Disney j characters. Instead of treating them , as a unit, as they were in the original : story, the studio 'staff give them names j and made each of them a distinct j person. In fact, Doc, Sneezy, Dopey. • Sleepy. Grumpy. Happy and Bashful I are due to take the screen world by j storm. Snow White's beautiful hut i vain persecutor, the Queen, is the i viTlainPss of the piece, and the eer;e j scene where she changes herself into j, an old witch-like hag in order to give j unsuspecting Snow White a poisoned i apple is one of t-he hicrh points of ox- j eitecnent in the picture. Snow White's i Prtnee Charming sings love songs to j » her In a magnificent tenor voire. The music throughout the picture is j ravishing. i The picture, distributed by RKfi ; Radio, is exquisite entertainment for , adult and young a’ike, and marks a | new milestone in film features. It is t ! » “must" attraction for every amuse-ment-seeker THEATRE ROYAL A splend’d programme headPd by ! Dorothy Lamour. exotic who scored so sensationally in “The Jungle Princess." is featured in one | of the leadnz roles in Paramount? “The Biff Rmadrast of 1938.” which j opens to-night at the Theatre Royal, with W. C. Fields heading the stellar cast. M’ss Lamour is cast as part of | a romantic triangle which includes j Bob Hope, staffp and radio star, making j his film dehut in the picture, and | handsome Leif Erikson. Miss Lamour j is featured in a duet with Erikson. in the ballad hit from the picture, “The Waltz Lives On.” which has already leaped to the “most-plaved" ranks in radio and dance popularity. The support nff feature is “Campus Confessions.” described as the mai-dr-t story of college life The featured pis vers r t re i>. iI : i" more Wh !- : nev. The usual Royal fealureltes will also be screened. REGENT THEATRE A thrillinff story of the boxing ring fs brought to the screen in the MetroColdvwn- Mayor picture "The Crowd Roars." which will he presented at the Theatre to-night. Robert. Taylor has the chief part and is cast as a professional boxer, tinder the control of a gambler. In bis first fight, at Madison Square Cardens. McCoy f Taylor> finds himself opposed by his former instructor, who is attempting to regain the light-heavy-weight championship of the worl i. With an unfortnnati hi >w Met ay k 11s his friend and sports writers at the ringside are led to belie\e that it was a “lucky" punch. The story continues in an interesting manner and is broucht to an exciting conclusion with a contest for the world’s championship. A fine supporting east includes Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Morgan and Edward Arnold. The usual Regent featurettes will precede the main picture, and will include Cinesound Review. British Air Mail News and a Pete Smith speciality, "Hot on tee.” COVENT GARDEN BALLET This morning at Lewis Rady's there was a large demand for seats when the box plans were opened for the appearance here of the famous Coven*. Carden Russian Babe*, which is > he presented by J. C. Williamson, Ltd., at the Theatre Royal on Thursday night next. They am Carnaval." “The Swan Lake" and * Les Presages.” The ballets to be presented here are those in which the present company achieved ♦.heir greatest triumphs in London an 1 Australia, and in earh of them all the principals will be seen in roles n which their names have become famous in all parts of the world. The

art of make-up has nowhere reached such intricate proportions as on the ballet stage. Ihe very nature of ballet wipes out any straight makeup. as the choreography of the ballet is continually striving to express a story which r elies more on fantasy than on reality. It is for this reason that any stage props used during a ballet are generally caricatures of the actual thing, and yet they do not appear unusual. Of the company few excel H. Algeranoff and Edouard Borovanskv in this difficult, art. Off stage Borovansky can sketch with a great deal of talent. When he works on his face in his dressing-room, with quick, sure strokes of the grease-paint, he distinguishes himself as genius. EL Algeranoff is equally as good. He says that make-up has to convey expres- , sion under light and convey character. Well represented in the Covent Garden Ballet is the c.rigoriefT family. Affectionately called the “Russian Rear." of hi> size. >ergp Grigorieff is “Rrcisseur General." That is that, he is responsible for all rehearsals and has to remember every step and note of musir in every ballet. He ramies the choreography and music of mnrp than fiftv around in his head. Grifforirffs wife. Lubov Tchernicheva. was a magnificent dancer of a few years ago. and her daughter-in-law. Tamara Grigorieva, is earryinc on in her tradii tions. Grigorieff instructs Tamara -n I the roles which she Treated, in many I instances, and on the stage t.hev carry . an extraordinary resemblance to each i other. This family, as well as the I Nijinsky-Ni.iinska duo. have perhaps , j contributed more to ballet than any * other.