ENTERTAINMENTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 19, 2 November 1940, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ST. JAMES THEATRE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s latest Hardy picture “Judge Hardy and Son” is now in season. More firmly into your heart go the Hardy family in their latest adventures. This time, instead of travelling the family stays home. Andy Hardy, son of the family, turns amateur detective to help liis father in a law case, and becomes involved with three pretty girls who fill his life with trials and tribulations. The mother of the family becomes ill ; for a dark hour they fear they will lose her. It is in this episode that Andy inspires his father to a new courage in a poignant dramatic scene. Andy turns hero and pilots his sister across a raging flood to her mother’s bedside. But the crisis passes, the mother recovers, Andy extricates himself from the entangling girls, and all ends well. Stone, Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden and Sara Haden, comprising the “family,” are all together in ‘the picture. And Ann Rutherford again plays Polly Benedict, Mickey’s “regular” girl friend. Three pretty girls are introduced to plague the great puppy lover, ill June Preisser, Matha O’Driscoll and Margaret Early. A notable member of the cast is Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya, eminent Russian actress.

HARMONICA BAND DANCE. At the weekly dance of the Ashburton Imperial Harmonica Band last evening Monte Carlo dances were won by Miss Willowby and Mr Lamb, Mrs McCann and Mr Shaw, Miss Gordon and Mr Thomas. Music was Supplied by the Yacht Club Boys’ Band and extras were played by Mrs Gordon and Mr Scott. Mr A. Thomson was M.C.