ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20953, 4 November 1939, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES 1 ® 1 “BACHELOR MOTHER’’ § •i ® AT THE CIVIC THEATRE ® The frantic but futile efforts of a | shop girl to deny the parenthood of an abandoned baby from the j g basis of “Bachelor Mother.” Ludicr- ® ous complications develop when her 0 employer’s father, owner of the de- ® partment store in which she works, ® grows convinced that the child is his ® grandson, and tries to persuade his ® son to marry the girl. The situations » produce gay entertainment as the ® various characters try to untie the entanglements of the whole affair. ® Ginger Rogers appears •as the shop ® girl who adopts the foundling baby, ® while David Niven plays the part of @ her handsome employer. In spite ® of Miss Rogers’ embarrassing posi- ® tion, David Niven falls in love with ® her and the progress of their ro- g mance, coupled with their hectic ® battles concerning the proper rear- ® ing of the baby, provides delightful @ comedy. Frank Albertson appears ® as Miss Rogers’ admirer, while g Charles Coburn appears as David ® Niven’s sentimental father. ® A March of Time, “War, Peace and ® Propaganda,” is intensely interest- ® ing, for it shows Britain’s attitude to . the war. A coloured Walt Disney ® cartoon and views of the World’s ® Fair are also features of the sup- ® porting programme. ® ® - ® “THERE GOES MY HEART” 1 , ® AT THE ROXY THEATRE | “There Goes My Heart,” featuring ® Frederic March and Virginia Bruce, ® and “The Ware Case,” with Clive r r) Brook and Jane Baxter, will be ® screened to-day. ® The merry, romantic adventures of ® a madcap heiress who runs out on ® her fortune and into a roving re- ® porter who is out to get her story ® but comes back with her heart, are 0 gaily depicted in Hal Roach’s “ There ® Goes My Heart,” in which Fredric <g March and Virginia Bruce star. ® Clive Brook, whose film appear- g ances have been too rare during the ® last few years, makes a welcome re- jg appearance in “ The Ware Cese,” and jg it is doubtful if the popular star has g ever been seen to better advantage. ® He brings to the part of Sir Hubert Jg Ware a skill and understanding cal- ® culated to make the audience like the § character, although his morality and ® general behaviour do not bear ex- gj amination. ® “TORCHY GETS HER MAN” | AT THE STATE THEATRE f

“Torchy Gets Her man” presents I Glenda Farrell in her most famous | role, that of Torchy Blane, the brilliant girl reporter who consistently " outwits the police in -the detection and capture of the most notorious criminals. Barton Mac Lane reap- “ pears as her fiance, a policeman, and c Tom Kennedy, affords much amuse- f ment as his blundering chauffeur. . It is a comedy-drama of race tracks ; and counterfeiting dens. ( “Ask a Policeman,” a very amus- . ing comedy, features the well- - known British comedian, Will Hay, ’ ably hindered by Moore Mar- 1 riott and Graham Moffatt. The ] three do their best to ruin the local , constabulary, and here they make , an hilarious digression into what they imagine to be the realm of the ; super-natural. As members of the police force in a village that has had no crime for ten years five weeks and four days, they are faced with the necessity to justify their by no means miserable existence, and to do this they cause many humorous complications. “ICE FOLLIES OF 1939” at THE REGENT THEATRE An elaborate techicolour presentation of a revue staged by the original members of the Interational Ice Follies is the outstanding feature of “Ice Follies of 1939.” Joan Crawford makes a most attractive j singer and a skater, while her interpretation of the moving story’s more dramatic moments is splendid. As her husband, from whom she is separated when Holly- ; wood claims her lor its own, James ’ Stewart gives another ol the natural 1 performances for which he is noted. Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone also figure prominently in the entertain- ! ing story. There is a dazzling climax, ! when, gorgeously arrayed, the skaters of the Ice Follies glide and turn in a brilliant sequence of ice ballets and choruses. The producers of the film have been able to present some of the most beautiful effects ever achieved on the screen. One number is executed on wet ice, which appears like a highly-polished mirror. The supporting programme includes the British Air Mail News, with scenes of the war in Poland; “Udiapur,” a coloured travelogue; “The Great Heart,” story of a leper island; and “Radio Hams,” a Pete r Smith Oddity. e e f “CHARLEY’S AUNT” " NEW COMEDY COMPANY r a r “Charley’s Aunt" is one of the i funniest plays ever written, and its ?, presentation at the Theatre Royal on I Monday night is sure to draw a large audience. It tells of what happens when the aunt of a college student fails to arrive, and her place is taken by another student, who masquerades as the aunt, “From Brazil, where the . nuts come from.” n Heading the cast, many of whom a are well known to local theatregoers, T is Don Nicol, the popular J. C. Willi, liamson light comedian who ap(l peared in New Zealand in the' musi- ? cal comedies “White Horse Inn” and

“Balalaika.” He is supported by Shirley Ann Richards, an Australian film actress who has appeared in such successful pictures as “Lovers and Luggers,” and "Dad and Dave Come to Town.” Mary Duncan, Althea Siddons and Leal Douglas were members of the cast of “The Women," a play that recently attracted wide attention in New Zealand, while other well-known artists appearing with the present company are John Fleeting, Phil Smith, Charlie Albert, Norman Barrington, Lane Patterso, and Maisie Wallace. “Up in Mabel's Room” will be presented on Tuesday night. The box plans are open.