ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 211, 6 August 1937, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

KOSY THEATRE. “THE SHOW OFF.” A man falls from the deck of an excursion bout into the ocean. In the confusion a second man, J. Aubrey Piper, is accidentally shoved in after the first. Thus- it happens that heroism is forced 1 on Aubrey, because everybody imagines he dived in on purpose. Amy Fisher, also a passenger —though she has never met Aubrey socially—looks at hun starryeyed as, expansively, he accepts congratulations. Some time later Ainy, who clerks in hei dad’s office, again meets the hero. It is Sunday, tho best day for real estate prospects. Aubrey is driving an expensive car and desires to look at houses. 110 is a “railroad* man,” lie says. There are other Sundays; romance blossoms, and it makes no difference to Amy that her beloved is a braggart; that, lie borrows his expensive cars from dealers, on demonstration; that he is merely a bookkeeper with the railroad company, rather than the president.

“CHAINED.” If you want an evening of royal entertainment, hurry to the Kosy Theatre, where Joan Craw lord and Clark Cable’s new co-starring vehicle is screening litialy tonight. It is tit.cd “Chained” and was directed by Clarence Brown, who gave us “Sadie McKee, ’ Joans lasi. .Mounted in lavish .Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer style, beautifully photographed and lcplcto with a series of well-knit, last-moving scenes, it is one of the best pictures to be oll'cicd in many a month. Clark Cable plays the kind ol role iho public has been clamouring for, that ot a young rancher in South America And as a modern New York girl who falls in love on the boat that is to carry her away trom despair, Joan Crawford gives one of the finest performances of her vivid career. Written by Edgar feclvvyil especially for the screen, and adapted by Joiin Leo Malnn, “Chained” is a vibrant, powerful drama of modern manners and morals. The supporting cast is equally good, with Otto Kruger as the gentlemanly Mr Field, Marjorie Galeson ns his wife, Stuart Erwin as Johnnie, Gable’s irreverent friend, and Una O’Connor as Amy, Joan Crawford’s sympathetic companion. Diane (Joan Crawford) is the girl to vvhcoi Field has been devoted. When bis wife refused to divorce him, Field urges Diane to take an ocoan voyage to forget her disappointment. On the boat she meets Mike (C.ark Gable) and falls in love in spite of licrseli. A day on his Sumli American ranch convinces her there is no one else life for her. She returns to explain to l'iekl, but finds ho has obtained the divorce. I o save him suffering, they are married. She meets Mike a year later in New York, and in an effort to stifle her love for him, rushes with her husband to their Lake Placid cabin. What happens when Mike follows must bo scon to bo appreciated. “Chained” is a great picture, sure to bring new laurels to this famous team.

MAYFAIR THEATRE. “WINGS OVER HONOLULU.” The roar of Navy fighting ’planes, tho liiiO'Oioiis romance of the tropics,-a vivid, swiftly paced story —These arc tho elements which Universal has ccinbitird to make lop-flight entertainment of “Wings Over Honolulu,'’ which opens to-night at 10.30 o'clock at the Mayfair Theatre. The picture was adapted to the screen by Isabel Dawn and Boyce DcGnw frein Mildred Cram's famous Red Book magazine novel cf the same name. Wendy Barrie plays a beautiful Virginia belle who inarircs a voting Navy officer, played by Ray Mil - Hud. The wife lias no knowledge cl the conventions, customs and taboos of the naval service. She becomes embodied in a situation which almost .wrecks her husband’s career. Miliand will bo remembered as the leading man of “Throe Smart Girls.” So that tho picture would have absolute authenticity, Universal filmed “Wings Over Honolulu” under the supervision of U.S. Navy officials. Exterior scenes were made on location against tho background of Uncle Sam's fighting craft. 11l addition lo Miss Barrio : and -Milland, tiie- cast includes such favourites as Kent Taylor, William Gargan, Polly Rovvles, Samuel Hinds, Mary Philips, Margaret McWadc, Joyce Compton, Clara Blandick and Louise Beavers. Tho picture was directed by 11. C. Ppttcr who recently made “Beloved Enemy.” E. M. Asher was associate producer.