ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 89, 9 January 1942, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

Tudor Theatre. — Her performance iu “Sun Valley Serenade” shows that Sonja Henie'can not only skate and act, but sing as well, and supporting her is a cast as interesting as it is versatile; Glen if Miller with his entire band plays no inconsiderable part. Chief number is it I worthwhile tune called "It Happened iu Sun Valley.” ■ The second feature on the programme 1 is a return season of "Murder Among 1 Friends,” with John Hubbard and Mars jorie Weaver. r Paramount Theatre. — Another Atneri- ’ can naval comedy, “Sailors on Leave,” will have its New Zealand premiere at " the Paramount Theatre today. It iutro- - duces a new comedy trio in William Lun--1 digan, Cliff Nazarro and Chick Chandler,- . supported by Shirley Ross in the feni- , inine lead. The familiar antics of the navy on leave add considerably to the entertainment value of the picture. 1 "Regular Fellers,” which stars the wellknown Carl "Alfalfa” Switzer, of Our ’ Gung comedy fume, is the second featured film, and will also be shown for the I first’time in New Zealand. St. Janies Theatre.— Charles Laughton i and Deanna Durbin having a fling in a > New York night club; Deanna and her \ alleged fiance having a rip-tearing light in the drawing-room; the arrival of the 1 real girl friend and her stuffy old mother ( in the millionaire’s house, are among the i sequences of note iu "It Started With Eve.” These are quite apart from ' Deanna’s tine musical numbers. Majestic Theatre. — Bringing to the screen much of l(ie colour and spectacle which Florenz Ziegfeld brought to the stage, "Ziegfeld Girl” tells of three girls who enter the Ziegfeld Follies together. One “can’t take it,” and ends at the brandy end of the gutter, another rediscovers a husband and the joys of home life, the third, young and sensible, finds herself well on the road to stardom. •' Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, and James Stewart have the main roles.

; King’s Theatre.— ln a recent film Bob I Hope joined the U.S. Army, and though I he did as' much wrongly as possible, at ; least he looked presentable and soldiery a lot of the time. Laurel and Hardy, following in his footsteps, eannot claim even this small redeeming feature. They neither look like soldiers, act like soldiers, nor feel like soldiers, but in their attempts to be soldiers they give the audience a lot of fun. However, it is the type of fun winch seems to have no appeal for the sergeant-majors and others whose dutv it is to attempt to assimilate Latiri-1 and Hardy into the army. De Luxe Theatre.— That established star of action pictures, Richard Arlen, shares witii Jean Parker the head of the cast of ‘‘Flying Blind,” which is the chief film on the douWe feature programme at the De Luxe The,titre. Most of the action takes place aboard an airliner in flight. The second film is another Western starring William Boyd. It is entitled ‘‘Wide Open Town.” , State Theatre— Beginning its Welling,tou season today, -‘Look Who's Laughing” features Charlie McCarthy and his long-suffering stooge, Edgar Bergen, -these two have been a top-line American radio feature for some years now, though when they first reached the top it was said that they were only a passing craze. Others in the cast of “Look Who’s Laughing” include Fibber McGee and Mollie, another American radio team, aud Lucille Ball.

,•• Opera House.— With wise - cracking Bob Hope starred, "Nothing But the , Truth” is a coniedj' along luxury lines—fun and games on a houseboat as, big and lavish as the Queen Mary, with the stars as gay and nonsensical as many of us have forgotten how to be in these dark days. Paulette Goddard has the feminine lead. Reg-ent Theatre.— The title of “Quiet Wedding’ is almost the only quiet thing about the film. The wedding that was planned as a quiet affair by two young people suddenly develops into an ava«lanche of presents, and a maelstrom of well-wishers. In a country village 6f England, where everyone knows everyone else, it was not to be expected that one of the fairest daughters could sneak off and deprive all the village of the pageant of a marriage. Tins comedy stars Margai’ft Lockwood and Derek Farr. SUBURBAN THEATRES Kinenia (Kilbirnie). — "The Westerner,” Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan; “The Amazing Mr. Williams.’’ Melvyn Douglas, Joan Bloudell. King George (Lower Hutt).—“Bitter Sweet,” Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald. Prince Edward (Woburn). —"Love Thy Neighbour,” Jack Benny, Mary Martin'; “Bowery Boy,” Dennis O’Keefe, Helen Vinsen. Ascot (Newtown). — "A Woman’s Face,” Joan Crawford. Melvyn Douglas; “King of the Underworld,” Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis. Tivoli (Thorndon). —“Caught in the Draft,” Bob Hope. Dorothy Lamour; "The Man Who . Talked Too Much,” George Brent, Virginia Bruce. Vogue (Brooklyn). — -'.New Wine,” Ilona Massey, Allan Curtis; “Dr. Kildare s Crisis,” Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore. Regal (Karori).—"Pot of Gold.” James Slewart, Paulette Goddard; “Soulli of Samoa,” Dorothy Lamour. Robert Preston. Rivoli (Newtown). —“This Woman is Mine,” Franchot Tone, Carol Bruce; “Murder in the Air.” Ronald Reagan, Lya Lys. Capitol (Miramar). — "Little Nelly Kelly,” Judy Garland, George Murphy; "Washington Melodrama,” Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford. Empire (Island Bay).—“Sunny,” Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger; “Parachute Battalion. De Luxe (Lower Hutt).—"Charlie Chan’s Murder Case,” Sidney Toler Lionel Atwill; “Law of the Pampas'.” William Boyd.