ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 104, 26 January 1939, Page 15

ENTERTAINMENTS

Inimitable George Formby At St. James George Formby is mistaken for a flier and detained at the Royal Air Force headquarters, where he makes life miserable for a sergeant-major because of his wellmeant blundering in "It’s in the Air,” at the -St. -James Theatre. Because of George's kindness of heart he delivers a letter for an R.A.F. man and finds himself led into a web of circumstances from which there is no escaping. Polly Ward is the heroine, and sueu players as Garry Marsh and the Australian, Frank Leighton, are also east. The luckless sergeant-major (Julien Mitchell), however, is the only one who can compete for the limelight with the ebullient North Country comedian and his inevitable ukulele. This instrument accompanies him once more in several of those catchy numbers so dear to the hearts of his admirers. There is a great deal of comic invention, and a lively pace is maintained throughput. Heather Wright in Person. A special added attraction at, the St. Janies Theatre tomorrow will be the appearance of Heather AA right on the stage. Coming direct from the Australian Tivoli circuit. Miss Wright, who is a clever contortionist and a high-kicking tap dancer, will present a remarkable act. Full-Length Colour Film From Walt Disney At King’s "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” will end a Wellington season of live weeks at the King's Theatre today. Woven together in this colour film from Walt Disney’s studios are high drama, pathos, excitement and suspense. Romance comes to the story when a handsome young Prince, long in love with Snow White, kisses her, breaks the spell of the magic apple, and the two ride away to lasting happiness. "The Cowboy and the Lady.” “The Cowboy and the Lady” is a romantic love story in which two firstclass actors, Gary Cooper and Merle Oberoii, appear, and it Will begin at the De Luxe Theatre tomorrow. Cooper, as the strong, silent type of hero, returns to the kind of role which first made him famous; and Merle Oberon is cast as a gay and tyitty girl of modern _ society, completing her role with a choice sense Of comedy. Also amusing are Patsy Kelly and Walter Brennan. Feature players such as Fuzzy Knight. Mabel Todd, and Henry Kolker give convincing performances in the parts they play. Amid settings in Washington drawingrooms, Florida mansions, and, in contrast, the vtlStnesses of the Western plains, unfolds the story by 8. N. Bcbrniun and Sonya Levien of how the debutante daughter of a Senator _ suddenly leaves home to bask on Florida sands while a night club scandal in which she is involved is brewing. Then, bored by convention/nnd the restrictions on one in her position, she "disappears” with her maid and cook. At a i\leo show where the three women are present Miss Oberon is paired with the bronzed and robust Gary Cooper, a cowboy from the Western plains, and from here the film passes on at a gay and rapid pace to an unexpected climax. “Marie Antoinette” Showing At Majestic Theatre With the story of “Marie Antoinette,” showing at the Majestic Theatre, covering a period of 20 years, every noted figure of the fabulous era preceding and during the French Revolution is revived. An almost flawless cpst was selected to support Miss Shearer as Marie Antoinette, but all roles seem insignificant compared with hers. Tyrone Power is splendid and sincere as the young Swedish diplomat, Count de Ferseu, who loves the glamorous Marie Antoinette and remains faithful to her to death. Robert Morley as the portly, dull-witted Louis is so like the portraits of Louis August that he might be a reincarnation of this king, who, under Marie Antoinette's guidance, found life and love and brief happiness. A Cinesound short snows pictures of the Australian bush fires. Comedy And Thrills In “The Lady Vanishes” At Plaza There is comedy and thrills galore in "The Lady Vanishes,” which will begin a second week tomorrow at the Plaza Theatre. The setting is a Continental train, and the players would probably be the first to admit that /‘The Lady Vanishes” owes almost as much to Hitchcock’s direction as to their own talents. _ As an instance there is a vital situation when the heroine (Margaret Lockwood), who has struck up an acquaintance with an old lady (Dame May Whitty), returns to the carriage after a brief absence to find that her travelling-companion has vanished,- and, on making inquiries, is told in pll quarters that the old lady has never been there at till! x Double Feature Programme At State Theatre As a trio of weai'y punters, the Ritz brothers enter the active side of racing when they are presented with a thoroughbred, in "Straight, Place, and Show,” the first feature of a double-feature programme at the State Theatre. “Sharpshooters,” tire second feature, is the first of a new series of films. Brian Donlevy and Lynn Bari takes leading parts in “Sharpshooters,” which is concerned largely with events in the lives of two newsreel cameramen. "The Renegade Ranger.” Thrills and adventure abound in "The Renegade Ranger,” which will begin at the State Theatre tomorrow, featuring George O'Brien as a Texas Ranger, who finds thrills and romance in his search for a beautiful Mexican girl fleeing to avoid a charge of murder, Rita Hayworth has the feminine lead. \ Hollywood murder mystery unfolding against the colourful background of film studios and pleasure resorts, is “I ugitive of the Night.” which introduces I rank Albertson 'and Eleanor Lynn. This will be .a further attraction. De Luxe Theatre Bills Two Attractions The “Vampire Kat” is the first attraction on the De Luxe Theatre bill. Lionel Atwill plays the role of a mad scientist, who is actually responsible for a senes of murders in a'German Village—the murders at first suggesting vampirism. Maude Eburne provides the comedy and Melvyn Douglas is the detective who almost comes to believe in vampires. The second attraction is In Old Santa Fe ” starring Ken Maynard, "Mindy Hayes and Gone Autry. These three provide the basis of an exciting outdoor picture with swift action and songs. “The Mysterious Rider.”

Beginning at the De Luxe Theatre tomorrow will be “The Mysterious Rider, featuring Russell Hayden. I his Inin is built up from n novel by Zane Grey. “Give Me a Sailor” will be the associate attraction. Leading parts are played by Martha Rae ant! Bob Hope. “Room Service” Now Screening At Tudor Theatre How ;i resourceful and penniless theatrical producer who. with his cast, has run up a ht|ge bill at a Broadway hotel, promising tlie unhappy manager to pay in full when he finds a backer to finance his new play, is unreeled in "Room Service,” which features the Marx Brothers and which will conclude at the Tudor Theatre today.

Picture At Regent Theatre Depicts “Robin Hood”

Beal swashbuckling, sword-and-cloak adventure, returns to the screen in “The Adventures of Robin Hood, which will enter its third week at the Regent Theatre today. Robin Hood, as portrayed by Errol Flynn, is the perfect knight of the old legend, so dashing, so forthright, so super-huinanly brave. Olivia de Havilland plays the jcntle Maid Marian, and becomes the. perfect storybook princess in distress. Ah the story progresses. Maid Marian realizes slowly that Robin the Outlaw is right iu robbing the rich to relieve the agonies of the poor, and, wishing to prove her love for Robin, becomes his spy within the rascally Prince John’s entourage.