STATE THEATRE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 6

STATE THEATRE

Tomorrow's Programme

Believing that film audiences will welcome a gay respite from the pressure of present-day living, Walter Wanger has produced a diverting story of college love in "Winter Carnival,* which opens tomorrow at the State' Theatre. Starring the vivacious 'Ann1' Sheridan with Richard Carlson and featuring a large cast of Hollywood's outstanding starlets, "Winter Carnival", was directed by Charles F. Riesner and is a United Artists release! Wintertime, and the outdoors have been, utilised to catch the zestful spirit of the players as a vehicle.for the fast-paced and tumultuous romance in which, Miss Sheridan is . too; attractive and wealthy to have a private life. Her divorce from a titled husband brings notoriety from which she flees, and in her attempt to evade reporters she runs right into the: arms of Prbfessor John Weldon, played by Richard Carlson, whom she jilted during student days when she was crowned queen of the 'carnival. From here on the romance sparkles more than the night pyrotechnic display's as a young campus editor injects his scandal-bent j ournalistic ideas into their love affair. In order to film the story so it would be seen through the eyes, of youth, Charles Riesner was selected -.as director. His characterisations have found a welcome response among the younger members of the cast who are Helen Parrish, Joan Brodel, Virginia Gilmore, James Corner, Alan Baldwin, Jimmy Butler, and a stock unit composed of 20 youngnmeh ' and women players; The associate film is "Hollywood Roundup," starring Buck Jones, Helen Twelvetrees, and Grant Withers.