ENTERTAINMENTS CITY THEATRES

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 97, 20 January 1944, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS CITY THEATRES

"Salute to the Marines” (Majestic).— Wallace Beery makes • Americans ‘proud to bear the title of United States Marines’ in this technicolour successor to “Wake Island” and “To the Shores or Tripoli. Tomorrow: .“Presenting Lily Mars,” starring Judy Garland. “Wont the Day Well?” (Opera House). —An English picture telling the-story of what happened, in the quiet little village of Bramley End. Leslie Banks is the star. "The Forest Bangers” (St. James).-— Romance and spectacle and the song-hit “Jingle Jangle Jingle.” In technicolour and starring Fred Mac Murray and Paulette Goddard. Tomorrow: Abbott and Costello say "It Ain’t Hay.” “Bambi” (Plaza).—Once again a winner from Walt Disney. The trials and triumphs of the kiddies’ favourite as he grows to forest manhood. A technicolour prodneton, “Northwest Mounted Police” (Paramount).—A well-known-film with popular stars. Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carrol, Paulette Goddard are only a few. Rochester and Jack Benny are the laughs in “Buck Benny Rides Again”—the other half of a good programme. Tomorrow: "Captive Wild Woman” and “A Gentle Gang- - “Biding Through Nevada” (Tudor).— A western feature starring Charles Starret. Another western thriller, "Saddles and Sagebrush” is on' the same programme. Tomorrow: "Army Surgeon” and “The Fighting Frontier.” “Who Done It” (Tivoli). —Abbot and Costello try their hand as detectives and hit the laugh ceiling in an offering of pleasant entertainment. John Gielgud portrays Disraeli, “The Prime Minister”—■ the associate feature. “This Land Is Mine” (Kings).—A gripping drama packed with romance, thrills and suspense, starring Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara and George Sanders. Tomorrow: Gary Cooper in the story of America’s baseball hero—“ The Pride of the Yankees..” ■ “The Lady of the Burlesque” (State).— Barbara Stanwyck flavours a mixture of strip-tease and murder. The story is taken from the novel “The G-Strlng Murders” by Gipsy Rose Lee. “Johnny Doughboy” (De Luxe). — Jane Withers has a date with the army and sings songs you like to hear. Simone Simon is “Tahiti Honey” to some boys from Brooklyn stationed in the tropics—a sweet overflow of good entertainment.

SUBURBAN THEATRES

Capitol (Miramar). —"Two Yanks in Trinidad” and “The Great Mr. Nobody.” Regal (Karori). —“The Kid Glove Killer’’ and “The Glass Key.” King George (Lower Hutt) .—“United We Stand.” De Luxe (Lower Hutt).—“Confessions of Boston Blackle” and "Here Comes Happiness.’! ■■■- . Prince Edward (Woburn). —“The Big Street” and "Daring Young Man.” Ascot (Newtown). —“Apache Trail” and "Law ,of the Jungle.” Klnema (Kilbirnie).—“Lady in a Jam” and “Mystery Ship.” Vogue (Brooklynl).—“Underground.” and “Over My Dead Body.” Empire (Island Bay).—“My Favourite Blonde” and “Dangerous Moonlight.” Rivoli (Newtown).—“My Sister Eileen” and "No Place for a Lady.”