ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20907, 12 September 1939, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT PROGRAMMES ROXY THEATRE “Marie Antoinette,” with Norma Shearer, Robert Morley and Tyrone Power in the leading roles, will be screened to-day. “ Marie Antoinette ” is a triumph of Hie motion picture art. More than that, it is a triumph for Norma Shearer. Magnificent in its pageantry, with beauty of brilliant costume and : setting, splendidly cast with such film names as Tyrone Power, John Barry- 1 more, Anita I.ouise, Joseph Schildkraut, Gladys George and scores of others, these were secondary to Miss Shearer's fine interpretation of a woman sometimes carefree, oftimes desperate, seeking for happiness. The | story has gripping power on the j screen because it is so simply told. “ A Nation is Built ” is also intensely interesting. THEATRE ROYAL “Hideaway Girl,” a thrilling comedy drama featuring Shirley Ross and Hubert Cummings, and ’ 301111 Meade's Lady,” featuring Edward Arnold, will be screened to-day. “ Hideaway Girl ” is a mystery story as well as a gay and tuneful comedy. A jewel burglary is perpetrated during a marriage ceremony by a female thief dressed vs the bride. Miss Ross is discovered in the opening sequences of the picture fleeing in the car in which the burglar made her getaway. She takes refuge from the police on Cummings’ yacht. In a thrilling climax Llie real thief is discovered. A gripping story of a love that turned to hate and then to love again brings Edward Arnold to the screen in the role of an industrial Croesus who thought he comd buy a woman's nearl with gold, in “ John Meade’s Lady.” STATE THEATRE One of the funniest comedies, with one of the largest casts of stage and screen revue personalities ever turned out from British studios, will be shown in “Okay For Sound,” starring the comic team—the Crazy Gang. The Crazy Gang is composed of three of London’s most celebrated humour duos—Nervo and Knox, Flanagan and Allen and Naughton and Gold. In Okay For Sound” they run through a most hilarious set of situations, in which they are supported by topnotch musical and comic artists including Enid Stamp Taylor, Fred the Sherman Fisher Girls, Putricia Bowman, Louis Levy’s Orchestra, Peter Dawson and Lucienne ind Ashour. Something new in murder mysteries brings Jack Oakie to the screen as an amateur detective in “Super Sleuth,” with Ann Sothern co-s-tarred. CIVIC THEATRE Little Shirley Temple is very appealing in “The Little Princess,” a fine production in technicolour. It is the story of a brave little girl’s devotion to her father. lan Hunter gives a sincere portrayal in the latter part. The picture opens in the stirring days which marked the close of last century, when Britain was at war with the Boers and the streets of London rang with ihe tramp of marching men. As an officer in Ihe Grenadier Guards, lan Hunter sails with liis regiment to South Africa, a country which seems very far away to liis daughter, whom he sends to a boarding school. At this institution, will) her winning ways and pretty clothes, Shirley is at once a favourite, causing the children to name her “The Little Princess.” Richard Greene heads the supporting casi REGENT THEATRE “You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man,” an entertaining story with a circus background, combines romance, thrills and humour in interesting fashion. In centres around the financial embarrassment of the proprietor, played by W. C. Fields, and the feud between the latter and Charlie McCarthy. This serious disagreement leads to some hilarious dialogue, with the puppet generally delivering a shattering insult to round off the argument, while Edgar Bergen reveals his power of dialogue by introducing another dummy, Mortimer, who proves a worthy opponent for Charlie McCarthy. A further complication is added when the proprietor’s daughter falls in love with the ventriloquist of k liis company. The supporting programme includes “Royal Banners Over Ottawa,” in colour; “Republic of Panama,” in colour; llie British Air Mail News and the Cinesound Review.