AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 218, 15 September 1939, Page 12

AMUSEMENTS.

"THE OUTSIDER." EMBASSY. Balage Sturilee Mary Magulre Kagatzy George Sanders Barbara Blair Basil Owen Peter Murray Hill Joseph Sturdee .... Frederick l,oisfer Sir Montague Tolleniaelie J'. K.vnaston Keeve« Uireetor: I'aul B. Stein. Associated British. Xo wonder lie was an outsider, this egotistical, casually absent-minded man of brilliance who admitted that his skill came not- from a college of surgery but trom a study of bone structure iu a Chicago stockyard.

Ragatzy. the man in question. is the central character in "The Outsider,'' screen version of the Dorothy Brandon stage play, which had its premiere Auckland performances yesterday at the J'.in Theatre.

. Beautitul Australian star .Mary Maguire is co-starred with the brilliant George . anders a perfect team whose welldefined and sympathetic portrayals are a constant delimit.

At the beginning there are two outsiders-; at the end none. Ragatzy (Zanders I is performing near miracles in healing London's cripples and is incurring tlie righteous wrath of Harlev Street. Brought, to book, he flings out'the challenge. and using the "I am Ragatzv; look ;it ni.y genius" attitude that typifies him, he practically forces under his care the lovely crippled Lalage I Miss .Maguirel, daughter of the most bigoted Harley • tioet. man ol them all. For a year she lies on the irankly-named "Ragatzy rack. '

I'l.r a year these two struggle, and often ilisilliisiuiiiiioiii and tragedy seem near. It is betore the ultimate fulfilment that ie leal hagatzy is reyealed. beneath the pugnacity the braggart showmanship that Jlnrley Street sees-.

Sanders has been lucky latelv with the kind ~t role in which he has been cast (Ins part 111 "t ontessions of a Nazi Spy'' ! H ; l . point '• and again lie is perli M < , aSt ,' , -Maginrc s work is practical.v| laulth'ss an is that of Peter Alurray Hd!. thoiigl. at the end he s.-ems j Is t a little more sulky than a nice young mail Should be ill the circumstan, es. Kvnaston Keeves contribution of the Harley Street dictator railing indignantly at the phototfia.pliers hut kot»pinjr always his face, all, sd carviiilly. at correct camera anirle, is a«eiu ot satire. There is an enjoyable supporting programme, a travel tent lire with its locale in • lamaica. and a "Scrappy" cartoon holding pride or place with a timely and 1 ealistic newsreel impression of a mock battle staged recently by Polish land and air forces. CITY SHOWS. ] ii>ttire progiamines are screening at city theatres as follows:-Civic. "The Man in the lion Mask, with Louis Hayward and an. Bennett: Majestic. Edward G. Kobinth'p u v AIn I , th . e Law " ;in<i "Garden of the Moon : Kmbassy, "The Outsider" r V'T,'- 1 ' , n . e| s and Mary Maguire; Kcgeiit. t.eorge 1-ormby in Trouble Brewin« j St. Lew Ay res starred in tailing I),. Kildare ; Plaza. "Rose of Washington Square." starring Tvrone I ..we, ami Alice Kayo; Strand. Jackie r v r ' Np wsboys- Home" and ".Mystery <>t the White Room": Ko\v-'l'i voli "Mv Son a Criminal." with Alan Baxter, anil lardon Our Nerve": Mavfair. Fred •Astaire and Ginger Rogers in "The Life ot \ ernou and Irene Castle" and "The «Hil and the tiambler"; State. Symonds Street, l-.leanor Powell and Robert Voting 111 Honolulu : Star. Newton. "If I Were Ivmg. with Ronald Column, and "In Old A raml : Prince Kduard. Newton. Charlie M,(Hitlt\ s hit,-st. "'S 011 Can't Cheat an Honest .Man and "Stolen Life."

AMUSEMENT GUIDE.

OLD DOCK SITE — Perry Rros Circus PICTURE THEATRES.

R°XY— v 'an Baxter and Jacqueline Well* mi "Mv Son Is a Criminal." and Lynn Bari in "Tardon Our .Nerve." ST. JAMES' — l.fw Ayres and l.ionel Barry more !n "Calling Dr. Kildare." REGENT—George Formby in "Trouble Brewing." EMBASSY—George Sanders and Marv Magmre in "The Outsider." MAYFAIR—Fred Astaire and Ginger lingers il' s V"' y " r Vernon and Irene Castle, and l.eo Cnrrillo in "Girl and tiie (..ambler." STRAND— Jackie Cooper and Little Tough , !1' V s 111 "Newsboys' Home" and '.Mystery or the White ltoom." —Tyrone Power and Alice Faye In Rose or Washington Square." CIVIC— Louis 11 ay ward and Joan Bennett in The Man in the Iron Mask." MAJESTIC.—Kd ward G. liohinson in "l \m V.. w ' ancl Pi,t Oltrien and Margaret Lindsay in "Garden v if llie .Miioil. ' | l ADELPHI—"They Made Her a Spy" and | Ueturn or the Cisco Kid." ALE *n N ,Nun,to>v. ep sml,ln *" and '"Sarety AMBASSADOR— ",l udge Hardy's Children" ■>ii(l lhe oimg in Heart." ABT Chaie'i a ' , ' d S Kftf,uh xvire " a »t> AVONDALE— "Uomanee For Three" and Avenging Waters." BERKELEY (Mission Bay) "> ilv n ... I-tench and "Inside the M igiiiot I ine" BRITANNIA—"Three ,„ves „ a , ~v . . and Little Tough Cms in "<oeieiv - CRYSTAL PALACE— ".St. Martin's lane" and Wile, Husband and Friend." CAPI T?, L ~V M,,rder in ''i-eenwich Village" and strange Boarders." *""?E -"Cold is Where You Find it" «. B »« o " Pe0k ' S Bad Ro ' V at ll °" CIES." EMPRESS "Topper Takes a Trip" and "Hve or a Kind." p a ' GRE X- LYN . N —"Stablemates" and "Escane From Yesterday." tscape GAlETY—"Merrily We Live." MAV "» Th ;aces L "'° Wd ROars " PR,N "h ß m'her^ e JameS " and " Made For_ PEE V L afot?,~" B,OCk,,ea(ls " ancl "Legion or PR, ir C e h -? at an """""ROME- The Last Warning." Huslwnd''and "ipriend'*" ~e' ' and "Wife. REGA F77;' t oru^ind K " om Brook, ' vil " «■* sx«o N 7»r t;irl 0f ,l,e Gol(len West." IZVIJ Newto " ) —"" I Were King." «• •»« STRAND (Onehunga) — "Our Fic-iiti.,<r ' JVavy" ~nd "G?unblmg "hip." , t™ ad ( s y"on«l8 Street)—"j| uno ] ulu> .. | T^o^~"v, lllte Smart u "' ls «row up." Crimi " al " and VICT .M A Teii' no '"rale"." ,l0U1 " al ' d "^ad