The weekly review of the National Film Unit, which will be screened at the State, Mayfair, Avon, and Regent Theatres contains the following items, Dental Clinic Service •Extended," "Samoan Chiefs," "The Markets" and New Zealanders Receive American Awards." LIBERTY "STORMY WEATHER" The current attraction at the Liberty Theatre is "Stormy Weather," a musical film showing the changing trends m musical tastes from the first world war until the present day. The cast includes Lena Home, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and his band, Katherine Dunham, and the Nicholas brothers, m w» se u c .°? d . f eatu re is "My Pal Wolf, which introduces to the screen seven-year-old Sharyn Moffett, The film tells the story of a lonely child neglected by her wealthy parents, and I of her adventures with a runaway srmy dog. Also featured in the cast are Jill Esmond, Una O'Connor, George A ! J; V t el Ts C j a # e 9 arl e ton > aridCharlls Arnt. Alfred Werker directed the production by Adrian Scott. CENTURY "MY FRIEND FLICKA" Based on Mary O'Hara's well-known story of a boy's love for his horse. "My Friend Fhcka" will be screened today at the Century Theatre. The cast is headed by Roddy McDowall, as the owner of Fhcka. and Preston Foster and Rita Johnson as the ranch-owner ant L£l s % a % " M y Friend Flicka" is a 20th Century-Fox production and was filmed In Technicolor. EMPIRE "RHYTHM ON ICE" A comedy starring Ellen JDrew, Rich"RdhvM^?nng,T a ?. d - , lt rry Colonna, Rhythm On Ice," is the current attraction at the Empire Theatre Wallv Brown and Alan Carney are the lead-i mg players in the supporting feature |
?o ol "es in Burma." The story deals with the adventures of two "rookies" who find themselves by accident in a Japanese concentration camp In- ?& ded = in A he Programme is the feature . Pacific Island," from the series "This is America."
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24713, 2 November 1945, Page 3
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