ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 3, 29 September 1942, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

State Theatre.—“They IMet in Argentina and “The Land of the Open Range” will •be screened finally today, and will be replaced tomorrow by “The Man Who- Returned to Life” and “Two in a Taxi.' John Howard, Lucille Fairbanks, and Ruth Ford take the principal parts In “The Man Who Returned to Life.” the story of a man who reappears when his “murderer’’ is about to hang. “Two in a Taxi,” with Anita Louise and Russell Halden, is a thrlll-a-minute comedy romance.

Opera House,— “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine,” which will be screened today has some sound acting, a well-told story, backgrounds that could not bo equalled in the world,' and an unexplainable human appeal. It is a fierce story unworried by the niceties, ot drawing-room conversation or white'collars. Fred Mac Murray. Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sydney are the stars.

Majestic Theatre.—"Woman of the Tear —the woman is brilliant Katharine Hepburn—should be meat and drink for thousands of people who today miss the sharper satire and subtler comedy of the stage. Katharine Hepburn fully qualifies for that overworked word—brilliant. She is economical in her gestures, delivers her lines as a famdus woman columnist, with an almost puritanical clip of her spe.ech. Spencer Tracy looks happy In. his part—a cheerful, beer-drinking, sports-writer. King’s Theatre.— Continuing to draw large audiences, “To the. Shores of Tripoli” depicts a. precocious young man sent by his father, a captain in the last war to be trained as a marine. The young man rubs his sergeant the wrong way. puts himself in badly with the commanding officer’s niece and talks too much. Finally all is happily straightened out. Supports include pictures taken, by American fighter pilots of the Midway Island battle.

St. .James Theatre. —“Nazi Agent” is not a high-speed thriller, but it is dramatic entertainment of a type that makes one realibe how fiendishly and silently the fifth column works and how utterly , regardless its members are_ of human lives and. happiness. Courad Veidt. playing a dual role, portrays to perfection both the ruthless Nazi consul and the harmless naturalized American shopkeeper, his brother. A special session on Saturday afternoon will feature a “Quiz-Kids competition.

Tudor Theatre. —Burning Avith. patriotism and the brand Of love inspired under cloudless skies is “Under Two I.'lags from Onida's famous novel with Ronald Colman. Claudette Colbert, Rosalind Russell and Victor. McLaglen as the stars. Also showing is Zane Grey’s “Riders of the lurpie Sage,’* starring George Montgomery and Mary Howard.

Plaza Theatre.—Despite scenes of the Battle of Britain “Dangerous Moonlight is not a war picture. It deals with a young Polish airman and composer, and his Irish airman friend. Anton Walbrook plays the part of the Pole -with an air of subdued sincerity. Derrick de Marney has never done a finer job than as the Irishman, nor has Sally Gray shone so splendidly before. SUBURBAN THEATRES Kinema (»Kilbirnie).—“Mr. and Mrs. North,” Gracie Allen, Win. Post. JnOy “Young Man's Fancy,” Anna Lee. Gninth Jones. „ k , . ~ Fmpire (Island Bay).— : “I 1 our Sons, Don Ameche. Mary Beth Hughes: “Don t Get Personal,” Hugh Herbert. Mischa Auer. , „ , • Regal (Karori).—“A Date* With the Falcon, “George Sanders. Wendy Barrie: ‘Call Out the Marines,” Victor McLaglen. Edmund Lowe. , Ascot (Newtown). —“Spring Parade. Deanna Durbin, Robert Cuunning.: ‘ Married Bachelor." Robert Young. Ruth Rusiving George (Lower Hutt). —“Magnificent Obsession," Robert Taylor, Irene Dunne. Charles Butterwdrth. Ralph Mor Luxe (Lower Hutt).—“Lady for a Night," . Joan Biondell. John Wayne; “Lucky Devils." Richard Arlen. Andy DeVrince Edward (Woburn). —“The Flying Squad," Phyllis Brooks. Sebastian Shaw; “Arizona Bound.” ‘ t „ Tivoli (Thorndon). —“Little Nelly Kelly. Judy Garland. George Murphy: “The Lady Has* Plans.” . Rivoli (Newtown).— Reopening hridny next with “Sundown" and “North to the Capitol (Miramari.—‘ Birth Blues." Bing Crosby. Mary Martin; Sleepers West.” T Vogue (Brooklyn).— "Ice Cnputles. James Ellison, Dorothy Lewis: “Weekend for Three." Dennis O’Keefe, Jane Wyatt.