AMUSEMENTS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 123, 27 May 1941, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS

ROXY—TI VOL I One of the most hilarious of the famous Mux Brothers' series of films. "Room Service.*' which is to <onvmen.e showing at the Roxy and Tivoli Theatres to-day. is a production whioh has already left a large proportion of Auckland theatregoers holding their aching ribs and only stopping themselves with difficulty from rolling into the aisle during a previous season. Its return will .be we'eomed t>y those who have seen it. and to those who have not it will be a treat in store. The incom.para.ble trio this time are at large in a spacious hotel and their efforts to eater for the comfort of the guests have to .be seen to be 'believeil. The second attraction. '"Alexander Bell." has also come to ,l>e known as a mort suc- . cessful film, portraying as it does the life and struggle for recognition of the famous American inventor. Playing in the title role with a polished ease is handsome Don Amec-he. -who receives solid support from Loretta Young and Henry Fonda. The supporting programme includes a colour cartoon aivl a musical revue.

AMUSEMENTS GUIDE

CIVIC SQUARE — Amusement Part. PICTURE THEATRES STRAND—Spencer Tracy ond Mickey Rooney in "Captains Courageous." CENTURY —Pat O'Brien and Constance Bennett in "Escape To Glory." ClVlC—Martha Scott and William Gargan In "Cheers For Miss Bishop." MAJESTIC—Pat O'Brien in "Plowing Gold" and Dicky Lupino in "Just William." ROXY—Tim Holt in "Wagon Train" and Jack Randall in "Riders of the Dawn." ST. JAMES'—Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh In "Gone With The Wind." REGENT—Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll In ••North-West Mounted Police." PLAZA—Charlie Chaplin and Pauletta Goddard In "The Great Dictator." OXFORD—John Mills in "Brown On H.M.5. Resolution" and Shirley Temple In "Young People." EMBASSY—Fredrlc March and Sir Cedrlc Hardwicke In "Victory." DE LUXE—"That's Right. You're Wrong" and "Gay Caballero." GREY LYNN—Guest Night. GAIETY—"If I Had My Way." NEW ROYAL—Guest Night. PEERLESS (St. Heller'*) —"The Ghost Comes Home." FICTUREDROME (Mil ford)—"Geronimo." PRINCE EDWARD—Guest Night. REGENT (Epsom)— Guest Night. REGAL—Guest Night. RlALTO—"Brother Orchid." STATE (Symanda Street) —"Escape." STATE (Onehnnga)—Guest Night. STATE (Devanport)—Guest Night. STRAND (Onehnnga)—Guest Night. TIVOLI —"Room Service" and "Alexander Graham

Bell." TUDOR—"Forty Thousand Horsemen." VlCTOßlA—<*uest Night. VOGUE—' Blossom Time." AVON (Kewtan) —"Brown On H.M.S. Resolution" and "Young People." AVONDALE —"Spring Parade." ASTOR —"Sudden Money" and "Storm Over Bengal." ADELPHI—Guest Night. ALEXANDRA—CIosed lor Rebuilding. AMBASSADOR—"StanIey and Livingstone." BRITANNIA —"Rent's Last Stand" and "Mickey. The Kid." BERKELEY (Mission Bay)—" Earl Of Chicago. CAPITOL—"MiddIe Watch" and "On Dress Parade." CRYSTAL PALACE—"Brother Orchid." RADIO PROGRAMMES 1YA —7.10 p.m.. Talk by U>e Gardening Expert: 7.39, Allen Roth Orchestra; 8.0. Richard Leibert (organist); 9.30. Dante music. 2YA —7.45 p.m.. Music by Cesar Franck; 8.2. Concert by the Combined 2YA Concert Orchestra and the N.B.S. Strings: 9.25. Yehudi Menuhin with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. IYX—B.I7 p.m.. Kirsten Flagstad (soprano); 9.0. Herbert Janssen (baritone); 9.24. Dorothy Helmrich (mezzo-soprano). IZM—7.O p.m.. Orchestral numbers: 7.45, "The Circle ol Shiva"; 8.0, Concert.