AMUSEMENTS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 108, 9 May 1941, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

MY LOVE CAME BACK" EMBASSY Amelia Cornell Olivia de Havilland Tony Baldwin ... Jeffrey Lynn Julius Malette Charles Wlnninger Dusty Rhodes Eddie Albert Joy O'Keefe Jane Wyman Mrs. Malette Spring Bylngton The value 01" any picture which can get a person away from the cares of his daily life cannot be too highly emphasised. To be able to walk into a theatre feeling glum and to come away from it with a feeling of glowing contentment and good humour meane that you have certainly eeen a good picture. Suc-h a picture is "My Love Came Back," which began a second season at the Embassy Theatre yesterday. That it could be brought to the ecreen again at the same theatre after being away for only , a month in itself epeake volumes for its capacity to please—and it eoems that ae eurely as it pleased during ita first screening of three weeks, it will continue to please now. "My Love Came Back" ie a gay and refresiling comedy, with humour always bubbling to the top, and with a pleasing proportion of mueic—both classic and swing—to round off a good entertainment. At the head of the cast are Olivia de Havilland and Jeffrey Lynn. Mies de Havilland is seen as a young and talented mneician studying at a school of mueic. Jeffrey Lynn ie a handsome young man with more than an average share or business ability. That Mies de Havilland ae Amelia Cornell is attractive the audience has no doubt. But it takes a little longer for Jeffrey Lynn to realise the same thing, and to make up his mind that Amelia and 'ho were made for each other. But their romance has been interrupted by two things. Firstly, an elderly and kindly gentleman has learned of Amelia's difficulties in supporting herself at the school of music where she ie practising. He, therefore, lakes steps to relieve her financial embarrassment. unbeknown to her. Secondly, Amelia lias two friendfi who have an insatiable (lceire to form a swing band. Thceo two factor* combine to place Amelia in a delicate situation, and the complications which follow hold fully the attention of a delighted audience. From its first scenes to its last thie film breather comedy, light romance and humour, blended in such a pleasing way that it is certain to please and give entertainment to the most critical of tastes.

AMUSEMENTS GUIDE CIVIC SQUARE—Amusement Park. PICTURE THEATRES BT -" J G A o^ S W»^e^ e ,- and ViV,en ™* ta ' REa S^? s ta, d a t^ ,dne C ' rreU ta PLA in A^e r, Or e H^ h D^to a r" d OeM « d OXFORD—Conrad Veidt and June Duprez In "Thief Of Bagdad." EMBASSY—OIivia de Havilland and Jeffrey Lynn in "My Love Came Back." STRAND—Claudctte Colbert and Ray Mtlland In "Arise My Love." CENTURY—ShirIey Temple and Jack Oakie In "Young People" and Stuart Erwin in "Sandy Gets Her Man." ClVlC—Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan In "Kitty Poyle." MAJESTIC—Richard Dix in "The Indian Nation." BOXY—Anita Louise in "The Villain Still Pured^ H , er J' and Helen Ha J" e ln "The c »s« of the Frightened Lady." TIVOLI —"The Villain still Pursued Her" and "The Case of the Frightened Lady." TUDOR—"Foreign Correspondent." VICTORIA—"Dr. Kildare Goes Home" and "Sporfc Ing Blood." VOGUE—"Fast and Loose" and "Shooting High." AVON (Newton)—" Thief Of Bagdad." ASTOR— "If I Had My Way" and "Saps At Sea." ADELPHI—"I Married A Nazi" and "The Great Profile." ALEXANDRA—CIosed for Rebuilding. AMBASSADOR—"The Light That Failed" and "Maisie." AVONDALE—"Dad Rudd. M.P." BRITANNIA—"Spring Parade" and "Zanzibar." BERKELEY (Mission Bay)—"2l Days Together." CAPITOL—''Man With Nine Lives" and "Covered CRYSTAL PALACE—"No, No. Nanette." DE LUXE—"Dust Be My Destiny" and "Doctor 1 aKes A TVife.' GREY LYNN—"4O Little Mothers" and "Christmas In July." GAIETY—"Young Tom Edison." J C . 1 2'™S,J tN , ortncote) —" Tln Pan Alley." LIBERTY (Parnell)—"Secret Service of the Air." NLW ROYAL—"Congo Maisie" and "Sued For Libel." PRINCE EDWARD—"Andy Hardy Meets A Debutante' 'and "Untamed." PEERLESS (St. Heller's)—" Public Deb. No. 1" and "Window In London." PRINCESS—"The Sea Hawk" and "Ride, Kelly, Ride." FICTUREDROME (Milford)—"The Under Pup" and "Sea Scouts." REGAL—"Bluebird" and "Castle On The Hudson." REGENT (Epsom)—" Judge Hardy and Son" and "Four Sons." EIALTO—"No, No, Nanette." STATE (Svmonds Street)— Gary Cooper in "The Westerner." STATE (Onehnnga)—"All This and Heaven, Too" and "The Wildcat Ot Tucson." STATE (Devonport)—"The Mark Of Zorro" and "The Chinese Bungalow." STRAND (Onehnnga)—"Broadway Melody" and "Adventure In Diamonds." RADIO PROGRAMMES. 1YA—7.58 p.m., studio recnai ny Constance Man* ning (soprano); 8.10. Studio recital by Henri Penn (pianist), and Winifred Carter (harpist): 8.43, Studio Orchestra. »"•"«• 2YA—8.20 p.m. Julie Werry (soprano) ting* frwe the studio; 8.25. Studio programme by the No^cSffi 0 )" Army fiaDd: 8M - »"• 1«—6.0 p.m., "Rhythm all the time": 8.15. Comedy land; 9.30, Musical comedy and light IZMt — 7 -° P- m - Orchestral and instrumental Item*: 8.40, Tamel&'e" weekly chat; 8.0, ConcartT