ENTERTAINMENTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 111, 20 February 1941, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ST. JAMES THEATRE “CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA.” To-night and on Friday at 7.45 p.m. and also at tho Friday matinee commencing at 2 p.m. another of the popular quality and quantity programmes—a double star scoop—will be screened. Tlie feature is the latest of the well-known “Chan” films, “Charlie IChan in Panama.” A highly timely story about a fiendish plot against the Panama Canal, “America’s lifeline,” this 20th Century-Fox film gives Charlie Chan his most interesting case. Tlie famour Earl Derr Diggers sleuth is

■out this time to prevent an act of sabotage on the Canal, the purpose of which is to bottle up the United States Fleet. Chan encounters an opponent worthy of his mettle and the conclusion is a real thrill and surprise. Sydney Toler and Lionel Atwill head the cast. “Invisible Stripes,” the associate picture, is a well-knit story of after- 1 prison life that will long remain in the memory. George Raft, Jane Bryan and William Holden are starred, with Humphrey Bogart, Flora Robso% Paul Kelly, Lee Patrick and Henry O’Neill heading the supporting cast. . Critics have heaped praise upon the film as robust entertainment, carrying with it eloquent plea for a better deal for those unfortunates who await an honest chance to rid themselves of their invisible stripes. .