ROAD SHOWS

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, 27 February 1946, Page 3

ROAD SHOWS

Showing' at Ranfurly, To-night; Millers Flat, Thursday; Lander, Friday: "TIIIS HAPPY BREED" in "This Happy Breed'VJnade at Denhani .in Technicolotfr, Noel Coward has written ail appealing human story of middle-class English life. The story is set in Clapham, South London, a district with which Noel Coward is familiar, as he spent some years of his boyhood there and has retained an affection for it. Those who are accustomed to think of him mostly as a writer of sophisticated comedy have been surprised ■at his insight nto the somewhat drab lives lived by the people in "the little houses we pass in the train." 1 ' This Happy Breed "is a step forward in English film production, as it embodies many unusual ideas as to treatment and photography. It has an outstanding cast of players, most of whom appeared in "In Which We Serve". The film has been shot in a remarkable "composite "set built in tke studios, and on location at Clapham. . : "."\ Showisg •• at Wanaka, Saturday; Naseby, Monday; Middlemarch, Tuesday; Ranfurlv, Wednesdav. , 'THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS' Film, producers ever on the search

for thrilling and actionful film/ fare have found in the Edgar Wallace stories all the ingredients for successful film production. Wallace,: stories may be fantastic .but they are loaded with exciting incident arid, sinister drarna; and anything that moves fast and rivets the attention to the screen can be pronounced a success. The Wallace thrillers have all the elements that make superlative entertainment, drama, mystery, a quota of light relief, action and consistency of plot. No film adapted from an Edgar Wallace story has been a failure, and our leading film producers have in the vast number of Wallace subjects material enough for many score of successful thrill pictures. The latest to be adapted to the screen is "The Door Wit hSeven Locks", which stars Leslie Banks and Lilli Palmer.