CITY THEATRES

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23360, 20 June 1941, Page 3

CITY THEATRES

i-.■:v : ■Kinr KNF.W WHAT THEY / •; ■ ■, . :■■ ' moment of' indiscretion on ■nVicMta lonely youn# 'womanvalHWSlmftters the ■ lives ; of three .people, compelling drama hi What They Wanted, WBaitt!' Carole Lombard . and Chanes Hbm‘ coming to the State Theatre. the famous PuUtzer Prize BPw>thfe , -late Sidney Howard, tbm HPdlo emotiorial ; s drama' ot doww HHnM|]^etera ; Cdiscomaged. ; repressed mail 'proposalgo Magwell-to-do Latm grapegroWer, jH|RraSa|lw; a- wife arid, children. Hut HBiovable old rancher is serlHBrniTOred-. on the- nlght/bef ore-the ■Kh« HHptage of^hc. (^HHl^MingvCQnfiequei^s-ioro^mia oi tffe %emap^the MpMaMafeb Wiuism -Gargaivas Frank-Fay; Wytnarß.'lntr Janet Fox. ■ ■.. ■ 7- T; ",- , . r: ' _v- • ®WkRK EYES OF LONDON ” |^p^|^|^^^ierßbres : '.oF/i<cm-' Bpf,Coming to the Plaza, .concerns fr^*aws2SSßE BMfcoitoeives anevilplaatp getraChBiKfby making use of certain, people, Hdlspoging. pi them -in - a horrible WSer. / So Ingenious is .the doctors' mm& ol feihing ithat< tthe death* |pfc,eventually < <. hx '.the e}yj& Hawter a series : of- exciting’ events,

■" V . MAYEiAIR 'V V ■-I: « OLD BILL AND SON ” Soaked -in the' spirit -T-humomi which carries British soldiers througi) war’s difficult situations and -freely embroidered/ with all .sorts of behmd-the-t Ihies activity, Old Bill and Smv which stars Bruce . Bairnsfatters world-famous , character Old Bill, ■starts to-day at the Mayfair. . Not just another., war picture, supercharged with’ shells, this production gets off the: beaten track.- It presents the. human i side -pf war. it show* the scenes in the ® scrounging-for food, and the frienmy bickering-over girls, and an intensely dramatic nlglit .raid on a German posh tion - forms one of the most exciting OldißOl, him in the last war, comes .tp/life.,^_j,-^_ -John’ kills; as his-swaggering CockIne^performance; Old-Bill s wile. Se, -dogged but hbhiely,, is: a .part ■ ;is uncannily - suited,;# fents - orMary Clare/ one ‘6t Britan 3 actresses., -Asjhi^atepdaugh* ter r who joins the AlT.S.yßenc Hay is pert attractive, besides being an exceptionally/deyer actressy. > CRYSTAL PALACE ’ « TOO MANY 6IRLS” AND -"'STILL ■. ALiy® f*l > ' A double-featme‘' programme: aHhe rrvstkl Palace to-day includes Too pight bf fou? bpsky:-ail'Ameri-can lege are lOgirlstoevery male student- t»jthe. hilarious theme ‘sparkling screen version of the Broadway 'intwiuaL’coipcdy sensation. # • 4 ’Limme’BalV aT the tempestuous c<* -ed;.-imd .’as thelad, have- the romantic -lea<^,| while Ann Miller, Eddie. Bracken, ‘Prances LangDesi^Arnai; >and;Hal Le-Roy amazing.lrves Mj thVmm the ithrulii tor

LIBERTY « TIN PAN ALLEY »> Alice Paye and Betty Grable are , the stars and Jack Oakie and John Payne head a great featured cast of top-notch entertainment-makers in “Tin Pan ; Alley,” which includes Allen ;Jenkins, Esther Ralston, the Nicholas Brothers, dusky dancing stars; and Ben (Shadrach) Carter. The film, is now showing at the Liberty, With 'some of America’s - greatest popular song writers of yesterday and to-day contributing their best and biggest hits/ “Tin Pan Alley” surpasses by far any musical since “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.” ' The associate feature,. “Charlie Ghan : at the Wax Museum,” starring Sidney Toler, begins to-day. - . Chan tracks down his latest adversary in a wierd. chamber of horrors where wax flgilres come to life. Tricked into taking part in a “crime lekgue” broadcast from a wax museum. .Chan is confronted with ■ his ; most baffling case. He is faced with death In the electric chair at-the hands of a murderer claimed dead 12 years before. ■■■■’-■■ • But , after a v series of exciting episodes jin which every member of the cast - comes under- - suspicion* Chan solves the mystery with his customary eclat. Full of comedy, chills, and thrills from start to - finish “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum” is sure to please all entertainment seekers. .AVON > “StJSAN AND GOD” Joan Crawford and Fredric March score one of the sensational surprises of the year in-“ Susan and God,” picturisation of the Rachel Crother’s Broadway hit, opening at the Avon today. . As the social gadabout, Susan, who adopts a new social movement as a fad- and attempts, to convert all her friends, while ignoring the tangle of s her own family life, Miss, Crawford . •wins new laurels as'a dramatic actress. March*- returning .to the- screen following his >stage ; mt in “The ■ American Way,” turns in one-of convincing performances as . Barrie, the inebriate husband who gradually wins control of the. situation.. Distinguished supporting.-- are - contributed -, by Ruth, Hussey,-^John Carrollrßita HayWorth, Nigel Bruce, Bruce*.Cabot; Rita . Quigley, arid. Rose -Hobart. . ; Many .exciting- scenes. of bhttles are featured in the latest.March 6f Time film, “Britain’s R.A.F.,” a dramatic ac-, count of the exploits pf„the Royal Air Force in of - boihbers- .which: have been carrying out sy’S&ritatic daily raids on Britain