ENTERTAINMENTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 5, 17 October 1941, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

sir; james theatre. ! a grand thrill and comedy double bill is being shown finally to-night, with “Brother Rat and a Baby,” a grand comedy of military academy students, starring Priscilla Lane, Wayne floras,, Jane Bryan, Eddie Elbert, Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan, while “Safari,’’ starring Madeline Carrioil and Douglas Fairbanks, is an exciting romance set in the African jungle. The glorious story of the North-West Mounted’s magnificent fight against thousands of rebellious half-breeds to keep Canada from being split asunder is told in Cecil B. DeMille”s new production- for Paramount, “North-West Mounted Police,’’ which will open at the matinee to-morrow. Gary Cooper is starred in one of his greatest roles as a Texas Ranger on a mission to Canada, and lovely Madeline Carroll, starred as a gallant nurse. The picture unfolds a stirring narrative. Not one to stop with two bag names, enough for any picture in view of their star magnitude, De Mille has assembled such starring players as Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff, Lynne Overman, George Bancroft, Lon Chaney .Tun. and Walter Hampden, to fill important roles. Moreover, lap has filmed the picture entirely, in* Technicolour. With such a cast under his guidance, DeMille chose a story of epic proportion, too. It is a story which paths thrills and romance and has its basis in historical fact. FIVE HUNDRED TOURNEY AT HINDS. The final Five Hundred evening has been held in the Timvald Parish-Hall. The winners of the aggregate were Mrs Mclnnes and Mr R. Tarbotton. The winners this week were Mrs Loach and Mr Redded iffe.