ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20993, 21 December 1939, Page 14

ENTERTAINMENTS

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES ROXY THEATRE In “Son of Frankenstein,” a thrilling drama, Boris Karloff re-creates his monster Characterisation of “Frankenstein’ and the “Bride of ! Frankenstein” and Bela Lugosi is I teamed with him as a broken-necked, maddened shepherd. Bobby Howes, the musical comedy star, and Jean Gillie, the beautiful English film actress, are the madcap stars of “Sweet Devil.” The story concerns the calf-love of a pretty typist (Jean Gillie) for her rather pompous employer (William Kendall), and the dilemma into which she gets when his harum-scarum partner (Bobby Howes) comes along and captures her heart. “NAUGHTY MARIETTA” Two outstanding productions—- “ Naughty Marietta,” featuring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and “Pygmalion.” the screen version of Bernard Shaw’s play—will be screened tomorrow. ' L state theatre The theme of “Melody For Two” is the stiff competition that exists between musical organisations and individual performers whose works are heard on the radio—the competition being especially keen when it comes to trying for the well-paid spots on the big national networks. Patricia Ellis is the lovely girl who helps James Melton and his organisation to victory. Patricia reveals for the first time that she can sing as well as act. “Sally of the Regiment” comprises thrills, humour and romance very entertainingly. Anna Lee and Wallace Ford head the strong cast. “GOING PLACES” “Going Places,” a romantic comedy featuring' Dick Powell and Anita Louise, and “The Fighting Gringo,” an exciting Western drama with George O’Brien, will be screened topaorrow. REGENT THEATRE Whilst “Clouds Over Europe” deals it highlights the activities of a humorous Secret Service investigator, who alone in the United Kingdom believes that there is something more than mere coincidence m the disappearance over a year’s span of four bombing ’planes on trial flights to test secret War Department apparatus. Since no one else takes him seriously, though Major Hammond soon stops taking himself that way, the picture follows suit. There is excitement enough—what with enemy agents operating a motor-disabling ray from a camouflaged trawler, and with Laurence Olivier and his captive pilots making a bold dash for freedom. “GONE TO THE DOGS” “Gone to the Dogs,” with the popular comedian George Wallace leading the funmaking, will be screened on Saturday. It is said to be very amusing. CIVIC THEATRE “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” bringing the great British hero to life on the screen, makes a tremendous appeal to an audience. It is full of thrills, romance and humour, and holds the tense interest of the onlooker throughout. Errol Flynn makes an ideal Robin Hood, and opposite him is beautiful Olivia de Havilland. “THE SISTERS” Co-starred for the first time, Errol Flynn and Bette Davis will be seen tomorrow (at 8 p.m. and 10.30 p.m.) in “The Sisters.” The story opens in the early nineteen hundreds on the eve of Roosevelt’s election to the Presidency of America. The story is concerned with the fortunes of three beautiful sisters who start their lives in a small Montana mining town, with most of the interest centred on the oldest sister, played by Miss Davis, who marries a wandering newspaper man (the role taken by Flynn), and goes with him to San Francisco, where her life is a struggle for love and happiness against overwhelming odds. THEATRE ROYAL “The Dominant Sex” features Phillips Holmes and Diana Churchill. Women all over the world will sympathise with Angela Shale, the young wife who starts her married life intending to keep the independence of her single days and who finds herself in perpetual conflict with her husband as the result. Men will understand the problem of the young husband, Dick, who, hankered after an old-fashioned wife, a real home, and a baby. Brilliant with the pace of a fast game of ice hockey, “Idol of the Crowds,” features John Wayne and Sheila Bromley. “OUR FIGHTING NAVY” “Our Fighting Navy,” which should be of particular interest just now, will be screened tomorrow. It is a very impressive production.