ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21582, 19 November 1941, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES THEATRE ROYAL X.:. i !avr. ,i Hi-- Lad and "Have ] ' i ; ViV.l low 1 . ‘ ■ r? • "l Avti.” :or ine mi igiiial 1 1 a a "a Id • Have” ot tMe . .if < »ur-.' Jit-:; Hail> \ , the grand o. i Ml.Hi of t!: '* Aii-trai,an ?tage and screen. \ wh i nc. as in. bitroductloii to audiences i air. vvhfre. Everxbodv knows Bert "l*ai be.-- And his elde.-t soil, ”Dave, 1* or j i-uuif, Fred Mad) .nalrl. who has also play- : • d tiie role for - > long <m stage and set ecu I tiia: he tmu almost \xuik- and talk* like Lav, }; ifia .\ mint poj'Ular eotnediau : i- \K<*:lewa■>'. x- a fus-v nooi -waiket . ! Mr Eotwtstle in ••Uad> salo<>. hi* clever i u irk again shows his amazing versatility. The I'li'i' a--e low-iy Fhirley Ann luchard* and likeable billy Kayes, and there are Mo-.'s of other clever people. The linn shows the runny amt exciting things wnteft happen when Dad and Dave take a trip to Sydney, and is great entertainment ail Very entertaining - shorts” complete the progt amine. ROXY THEATRE “Hollywood Cavalcade,” starring .Mire F aye and Don Amectie, and mined in Trcimirobdii, re-enact* and photograpns halliiug bean 1 ic* to world premiere*; tell* Die great Imm,-m *iorv of Mike, who w;mi*‘d to make movie*, ami Molly, who v\.iui'',l only to he loved h\ Mike but who iitstead won greatness on the screen. it tells the drama of tne men and women like them who conquered t-he entertaminer, t world jn Hie roiiiantlu, fabulous year* of lloil.vunod’s rise. •‘ftoving Tuniihle weods” star* popular Heu,' Aulr.v. the Western singing star, witu Minify burnette and Alary Carlisle. REGENT THEATRE “Penny Serenade” trace* the hectic courtship and impetuous marriage or Cary Oran I and Irene Dunne, and describes tbeir rapturous honeymoon u “icn ends in neat-disaster. Despondent arid despairing because of the loss of their baby, the couple settle down to life in a small country town, where he attempts to run a newspaper. The struggle for existence straightens the newspaperman out, 'o that he becomes an attentive husband and, when they' adopt a child, a loving and responsible father. When tragedy hits ihem again, the man finds himself unable in face the future; Me reverts to his former reckless disregard of life. The mm works up to a dramatic climax. “tSAILOiRS THiRIvK” “.Sailors Three,” a very funny comedy featuring Tommy Trinder, wUI bead tne new programme on Friday. CIVIC THEATRE “ Rebecca ” Is the nhn version of the best-selling novel of the same name by Daphne du Alaurier. It retains ~ the gripping drama of the book. Laurence Olivier, who last year made a tremendous nit as the hero of •‘Wutliering Heights,” plays the role of .Maxim de Winter, tne socially prominent owner of Alanderley, the vast Tudor estate where must of the action unwinds. Joan Fontaine is cast a; Mu second Mrs de Winter, Rebecca’s successor, who is subjected to the tyranfacai atm .sadistic cruelty of Airs Danvers, played by Judith Anderson. Other important coles are performed by such well known players as Gladys Cooper, George banders, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith. “SUNNY” “.Sunny,” the screen version or the popular musical comedy, with Anna Nieagle in the title role, will be screened on Friday. STATE THEATRE “ Mademoiselle Docteur ” is thrilling entertainment, showing how Anne .Marie J.e.*.*er <Dita Pario), bitter after the dcatn of Jut llaure, becomes a spy in tlic services of Her country, bite is encouraged hi ibis work by her chief, Colonel Matnosius (von .-stroheim), a heartless military ‘’hirer. However, Anne falls in Jove witii Peter Carr (John Lodcr;, an attractive o!iirer i!i t.h<- British Intelligence Service. Ml't ii great deal of intrigue in which Mathesius plays ;i major part, events come to a head in a dramatic climax heightened by a spectacular air raid. “Lawless Valley” is a thrilling western drama, featuring the popular athletic star George O’Brien. “GOLDEN HOOFS” An exciting racing story, “Golden Jloois, ’ will be screened on Eridav. Jane Withers and Charles (“Buddy”) "Rogers head Uie cast. “LILAC TIME” TONIGHT Tonight, at the Winter Show Hall, the pupils of Air J. T. Battersby will present excerpts from the popular musical play, “Lilac Time.” The music Is very melodious. Other items or a varied nature will also be presented. The programme should be very enjoyable.