The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-21
CAROLINA
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Banjo on My Knee Goth Cen.

Banjo on My Knee Goth Cen.
tury-Fox).
Director: John Cromwell. Cast
Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea,
Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen,
atherine deMille.
With the interesting background
\of the Mississippi river and love
story dealing with group of
Americans new to the screen, va
ried entertainment is offered. The
life and customs of the river
Shanty folks are both novel and
instructive and the romance de-
velops many points of interest.
There are in addition many anus
ing sequences showing some novel
musical instruments and country
songs and dances. The humor Is
robust and at times even bit
rowdy. The direction is smooth
and cleverly YIELDS together the
many elements Of the folk drama.
Family.
WEDNESDAY
East Meets West (Gaumont.
British)
Director: Herbert Mason. Cast
George Arliss, Lucie Mannheim,
Godfrey Tearle.
Small scale pageantry is intro
duced to color q shabby story Of
the romantic variety. The char
acters are over-dramatized and
weakly portrayed, with the excep-
ton Of the polished work Of Geo.
Arliss. The plot concerns n Sui
tan Of an East Indian country,
having a harbor desired by both
England and an unnamed eastern
naval power, who plays one force
against the other in order to Sc
cure financial aid for his own
country. The story lacks novelty
! and the direction is weakly ham
died. Adults and young people.
THURSDAY
"One Way Passage" with vii.
liam Powell & Kay Francis.
(No review available).~
General Spanky (M.G.M.)
Director: Fred Newmyer and
Gordon Douglas. Cast: Spanky
Mcfarland, Phillips Holmes, Ralph
Morgan, Irving Pichel, Rosina
Lawrence, Louise Beavers.
An amusing eposide of southern
life during the days Of the Civl'
war, enlivencd by pleasing must
cal selections, many OF them plan
tation melodies. The picture main.
tains a delightful atmosphere OF
adventure that will have a special
appeal for children and that marks
| it as one of the few feature length
( offering the finest type of enter.
tainment for juvenile audiences.
The slight story, pleasantly bur-
lesqued, concerns a small boot
black and his pal, befriended by a
generous passenger on a Missis-
sippi river boat. who are able to
repay their indebtedness when wal
breaks. Casting, acting and di.
rection are excellent, offering q
fine balance of comedy and drama.
Family and junior matinee.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
The Jungle Princess para.
mount).
Director: William Thiele. Cast
Ray Milland, Dorothy Lamour,
Lynne Overman, Akin Tamiroff,
Hugh Buckler.
A fantastic tale in which ro-
nance, tragedy, comedy, animal
devotion and the problems of a
female Tarzan are combined in
entertaining fashion. Orphaned
in an elephant stampede, native
child grows into beautiful woman
hood with jungle animals for COM
panions, nurses a wounded mem.
Der of q scientific expedition and
falls in love with him. The social
and moral problems of modern
civilization are worked out in a
highly improbable but neverthe-
less interesting way. The Holly
wood jungle scenes, beautifully
photographed, are fascinating and
the acting and direction are adj
mirable. Miss Lamour, a newcom-
err to the screen, has bot hperson-
ol;t,, n, Joh;l;tu Faynily