CITY THEATRES

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24743, 7 December 1945, Page 3

CITY THEATRES

AVON

"THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY" Ella Raines, Geraldine Fitzgerald, ariw George Sanders are starred in "The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry," which is the current attraction at the Avon Theatre. An unusual bond of affection between a brother and sister is the basis for an absorbing plot. George Sanders gives an excellent performance as the brother, Harry Quincey, and Geraldine Fitzgerald is said to be equally convincing in the difficult role of the sister, Lettie. whose adoration for her brother becomes an obsession. Ella Raines appears as Deborah Brown, the New York fashion authority who falls in love with Harry Quincey. The.consequent rivalry between Qumcey's sister and his fiancee provides unusually dramatic screen entertainment

The supporting cast includes Moyra Macgill, Sara Allgood, Harry von Zell. Judy Clark, and Samuel Hinds.

STATE

"HOTEL RESERVE" The tactics employed by a' foreign agent to gain secret information of a vital French port, and the manner in which he is prevented from completing his mission, provides much exciting action in RKO Radio's "Hotel Reserve," which will commence a season to-day at the State Theatre. The film is based on Eric Ambler's novel "Epitaph For a Spy." The leading role is taken by James Mason, who appears as a young doctor suspected of espionage. His frantic efforts to clear his name and discover the real culprit form the basis of the story.'

Lucie Mannheim takes a leading part, and other roles are taken by Clare Hamilton, Patricia Medina, Herbert Low, Raymond Lovell, and Julien Mitchell.

The screen play was written by John Davenport, and the film was produced by Victor Hanbury.

MAYFAIR

"SUNDAY DINNER FOR A SOLDIER" *Anne Baxter and John Hodiak have the leading roles in 20th Century Fox's comedy-drama, "Sunday Dinner For a Soldier," which will be screened this week at the Mayfair Theatre. The film possesses a novel setting in a lagoon on the. Florida gulf coast. Here, on a weather-beaten houseboat, live a family whose burning desire is to have a soldier guest at Sunday dinner, as their prosperous neighbours do. John Hodiak plays the part of the soldier who comes to dinner and instantly becomes the idol of the household. Anne Baxter appears as Tessa Osborne, and Charles Winninger has the role of the garrulous but kindly grandfather Osborne. Other featured players are Anne Revere, Connie Marshall, Robert Bailey, Bobby Driscoll, Jane Darwell, and Billy Cummings.

CRYSTAL PALACE

"HANGOVER SQUARE" "Hangover Square," a 20th Century Fox drama, starring Laird Cregar Linda Darnell, and' George Sanders! will commence a season to-day at the Crystal Palace Theatre. The film tells the story of a brilliant young composer, George Harvey Bone (Laird Cregar). who suffers from lapses of memory, during which he commits brutal cold-blooded murders. Linda Darnell has the role of a beautiful music-hall girl for whom Bone throws away a career as a serious composer so that he can write her songs. George Sanders appears as the young psychiatrist detective who discovers Bone's secret Featured in the cast are Glenn Langan, Faye Marlowe, and Alan Napier. Hangover Square" was directed by John Brahm. and produced by Robert Bassler.

PLAZA

"DESPERATE JOURNEY" Prß, e f aC,Ve 2 lu i es of an R;A - F - bomber crew forced down in Germany form the basis of the film "Desperate Journey, which will.be shown again this week at the Plaza Theatre. The film fl a P h, E [- rol , Flynn '* ho has the rSle of" n fvirc eU u tenant - ° ther well-known players who appear as members of the m%L°l lhe Hudsol L bomber of which Flynn has command are Ronald ReaS a A |a n H , a ?e. Arthur Kennedy and Ronald Sinclair. Raymond Massey appears as a Nazi intelligence officer. The only female part is taken by Nancy Coleman, who I as the role of Kaethe a German girl, who is violently antU ■ill wno hel P s tne bomber crew m their desperate journey across Germany to the borders of Holland Desperate Journey" is a Warner Brothers production, and was directed by Raoul Walsh.