AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 236, 4 October 1940, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

"SEVEN GABLES." EMBASSY THEATRE. Cast. Jeffrey Pyncheon George Sanders Hepzibah. Margaret Lindsay Clifford Pyncheon Vincent Price £*!»«»» Miles Mander B »rt°r» Cecil Kellaway Universal. The many who like heavy drama and no nonsense will revel in New Universal's "Ihe House of the Seven Gables," which has opened at the Embassy. It is done in the dark, sinister tradition, with much rain and storm, and only a little sunshine to give contrast to the shadows of the candle-lit house. But the acting is superb, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's best seller moves along as fast as Hollywood can make it.

A nineteenth century tale of a NewEngland family under a centuries' old curse, "The House of Seven Gables' reveals how the last generation reacts to the legacy of hate and avarice which has made the successive households miserable down the years. There is a strong love interest in the film, and the strong iast makes the most of innumerable .lighly dramatic situations. Emotionalism is the keynote of the film. Margaret Lindsay, as. Hepzibah, the charming :ousin, whose life is soured by the quarrel of two red-blooded brothers of opposing temperaments, ranges through many moods, and never makes a mistake.

George Sanders and Vincent Price, as the Pyncheon brothers, are strong and resolute. An old friend of Auckland theatre-goers is seen in Cecil Kellaway, who plays the family lawyer. The supporting programme, apart from the news reels, with their wartime thrills, is essentially one of gaiety and beauty. It includes a film depicting architectural glories of the English countryside, a dancing number, "Folies Parisienne," and a comedy cartoon in colour, "Scrambled Eggs." STATE THEATRE. The famous and lovable Hardy family appears once again with all its old appeal in its eighth and finest production, "Judge Hardy and Son," which is commencing a season to-night at the State Theatre, Symonds Street. As before, Mickey Eooney is in the thick of everything, while Lewis Stone and Cecilia Parker are also in prominent roles. Also showing is the unusual attraction, "Cavalcade of Academy Awards."

AMUSEMENT GUIDE.

CIVIC SQUARE—Amusement Park. "*~ "~- PICTURE THEATRES. ■ REGENT—ErroI Flynn and Miriam Hopkins In '•Virginia City." PLAZA—Laurel and Hardy to "Sape at Sea." EMBASSY —George Sanders and Margaret Lindsay In "The Boose ol the Seven Gables." STRAND—Robert Young and Helen OUbert In "Florlan." CENTURY—Arthur Askey In "Charlie's Big Hearted Aunt." CIVIC—Ray Mllland and Patricia Morrison in "Untamed." MAJESTIC —Frank Morgan in "The Ghost Comes Home" and William Boyd In "Law of the Pampas." BOXY —Barton Mac Lane and Beverley Roberts In "I Was a Convict" and Constance Moore in "Laugh It Off." BT. JAMES , —Spencer Tracy and Bite Johnson in "Edison, the Man.'* OXFORD—AUce Faye In '"Lillian Russell." ABTOR —"The Under-pup" and "Blondie Meets- the /Boss." ALEXANDRA —"Drums Along the Mohawk" and "Saint's Double Trouble." ADELPHI —"A Chump at Oxlord" and "Of Mice and Men." AMBASSADOR—"lnvitation to Happiness" and "It's Love I'm After." AYONDALE—"D Boat 29" and "The Invisible Menace." BERKELEY (Minion Bar)—" Rulers of the Sea." BRITANNIA—"Dad Rudd. M.P." and "Sons of the Sea." CAPlTOL—"Climbing High" and "Sued For Libel." CRYSTAL PALACE—"LittIe Old New York" and "Shooting High." DE LUXE—"Swiss Family Robinson" and "A Window In London." EMPRESS—CIosed for reconstruction. GAlETY—"Destry Rides Again." GREY LYNN—"Stand Up and Fight" and "At -he Circus." KING'S (Northeole).—"Vigil of the Night." LIBERTY—"The Flying Deuces" and "Wild and Woolly." NEW BOYAL—"Thunder Afloat" and "Call a Messenger." . PRINCE EDWARD—"Dad Rudd, M.P." and "Sons of the Sea." PRINCESS—"Rebecca" and "Young as You Feel. ■ RlALTO—"Little Old New York" and "Shootinc High." ; REGAL—"They Made Mβ a Criminal" and "For Freedom." REGENT (Epaom)—"Everything Happens at Might" and "Hitler. Beast of Berlin." j STATE (Sjmond. Street) —"Judge Hardy and Son." STAR—Closed for repairs. STRAND (Onehnet*)—"Sergeant Madden" and "One Hour to Live." { STATE (Oaehonga)—"Hβ Married His Wife" and! "Five Came Back." STATE (Devonport)—"All at Sea" and "House I Across the Bay." | TlvOLl—"i Was a Convict" and "Laugh It OS." TUDOR—"The Women." I VICTORIA—"The Starmaker" and ,"(000 Enemies." RADIO PROGRAMMES. ! 1YA—7.30 p.m.. Queen's Hall Orchestra: 7.41. Keith Falkner, baritone; 8.14, Madge Taylor soprano; 8.26. Tessa Blrnie, pianist;. 9.20 Feodor Chaliapin. bass; 9.24, Fritz Krelsler soloist, end the London Philharmonic Orchestra. *YA—7.O pjn., "The Naughty Ninettes"; M. . "Funzapoppln"; 8.33. "1 Pulled Out a Plum." by "aramofan"; e.20. Port Nicholson Band. »YX—B.O p.m., "Rhythm All the Time"r 8:13; comedy; 9.45, vocal gems from light open. IZM— I JO p.m.. concert: 9.0. operatic ">»-tlnin