CURRENT FILMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 51, 9 December 1948, Page 7

CURRENT FILMS

BT. JAMES THEATRE George Formby’ei latest adventure, “George in Civvy Street,” will commence to-night at the St. James Theatre. George has the role of George Harper, and together with his pay “Fingers” (Ronald Shiner), both recently demobbed, they return to the village of Tumbleford where George is to become manager of liis father’s dilapidated hotel, the “Unicorn Tavern,” which he hopes to put back on the map. Meantime, all the beer business is going to the “Lion Inn,” a smart, up-to-date and well-cared-for house of call. It was formerly the property of Mary Colton (Roealyn Boulter), whom George admires. Unfortunately, she has been forced to sell her interest when local magistrates declare her too young to hold a licence. The new owners put in a smart manager in Ted Brindle (Frank Drew), and it quickly becomes obvious that he too', is paying court to Mary. His dislike of George as a rival in hope and business prompts him with the aid of two inscrutable persons to put George out of business. A last major effort, hoping to prove that George is violating licensing laws, ends in disaster for Brindle and his toughs, after a terrific “scrap” from which George and Fingers emerge triumphant. Six new tunes are heard in this film —“You Don’t Need a Licence for That,” “We’ve Been a Long Time Gone,” ‘I Was Christened with a Horseshoe,” “It Could Be,” “You Don’t Need Them” and “The Mad March Hare.”