AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 263, 7 November 1939, Page 12

AMUSEMENTS.

ROXY—TIVOLI. "Off the Record," a thrilling newspaper story, heads the double-feature programme i to be shown to-morrow for the first time ( at the Eoxy and Tivoli Theatres. Starring Joan Blondell and Pat O'Brien, the film is also notable, it is stated, for the performance of Bobby Jordan, erstwhile "Dead Knd Kid," who might be singled out as the most successful of that combination of youngsters. Alan Baxter, William Davidson, -loe King and Morgan Conway arc others in the cast. This is far removed from the usual run of newspaper pictures, for its interest is not limited to the professional exploits of its central characters. Bobby plays the role of an under-privileged youngster who runs foul of the law. No one is apparently interested in him until his case attracts the attention of a sympathetic girl reporter. He is eventually sent to a reform school, but she contrives to get him paroled. But the boy's brother escapes from and again there is trouble for Bobby. There is an exciting climax. Second on the bill is "The Frontiersman," one of the Clarence K. tales, which gives William Boyd another of the ever-popular Hopalong Cass id y roles. AMUSEMENT GUIDE. CIVIC SQUARE —Amusement Park. PICTURE THEATRES. ST. JAMES'— Mickey Rooney ar.d Lewis Stone in "The ltardys Ricle High. REGENT—LupIno Lane and Sally Grey In "The Lambeth Walk." EMBASSY—Reginald Owen and Gene LockHart in "A Christmas enrol." STRAND—George Rart in "The I.ady From Kentucky" and Charles Rutterworth in "Thanks For the Memory." PLAZA —Sonja Henle and Tyrone Power In "Second Fiddle." ClVlC—Carole Lombard and Cary Grant In "Only in Name." MAJESTIC—Dick Powell and Anita Louise in "Going Places," and Humphrey Hog-art and Kay Francis In "King of the Underworld." ROXY—Robert Rarratt and Andy Clyde *1 "Rad Lands" and Ralph Byrd In "Fighting Thoroughbreds." ADELPHl—finest Night. ALEXANDRA—"OId Iron." ■ ASTOR—-"liirl From Scotland Yard" and , "Millions." AMBASSADOR—"RosaIie." > AVONDALE—"HoId My Hand" and "Wild ; and Woolly." ! BRITANNIA—"Suez" and "Silver on the . sage." ■ BERKELEY (Mission Bay)—" Wives Under Suspicion." - CAPITOL—"The Rage or Paris" and "It's Love I'm Arter." CRYSTAL PALACE —"Dad and Dave Come to Town." DE LUXE—"Count or Monte Crlsto." EMPRESS—Guest Night. , GREY LYNN—Guest Night. ' GAlETY—"Spirit or Culver" and "The Army Girl." ; NEW ROYAI "Three Smart Girls Grow 1 Up." i PRINCE EDWARD Guest Night. PEERLESS—"Mr. Moto's Last Warning." PRINCESS Guest Night. RIALTO—"Dad and Dave Come to Town." • REGAL—Guest Night. REGENT (Epsom)—" Sweethearts." STATE (Devonport)—Guest Night. ' STRAND (Onehunga)—Guest Night. ! STATE (Onehunga)—Guest Night. i STATE (Symonds Street)—" Calling Dr. * Kildare." STAR—"Souls at Sea" and "St. Louis ' Blues." TUDOR—- South Riding." TIVOLI —Guest .\ight. VICTORIA—Guest Night.