ENTERTAINMENTS.
ST. JAMES THEATRE
A stirring story of a trial of gallant brothers whose loyalty and devotion to each other leads them to high .adventure in the French Foi'eign Legion is brought to the screen in “Beau Geste,” Paramount’s vivid new picturisation of the famous P. C. Wren novel, which attracted delighted capacity audiences on Saturday and will be screened finally to-night. Co-starring Gary Cooper as “Beau Geste,” Ray Milland and Robert Preston, as his brothers John and Digby respectively, this great story tells how the brothers join the legion, of their adventure and romance—brothers and soldiers all. Gracie Fields has never given her millions of followers a greater feast of fun than she does in her second 20th Century-Fox release, “Keep Smiling,” opening at the matinee at 2 p.m. tomorrow and showing again on Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. From the first riotous moment, when we meet her as a burlesque “Tommy,” having difficulty with her uniform, to the last triumphant scene at a luxury beach pavilion, she is the life and soul of the year’s brightest screen party. Monty Banks has again derived the utmost from his story and cast. The story of “Keep Smiling” provides filmgoers with a refreshing and happy tonic.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 249, 29 July 1940, Page 7
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