DE LUXE THEATRE

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 4, 4 July 1940, Page 8

DE LUXE THEATRE

Two Entertaining Films,

Maisie is back on the screen again —this time in the jungles of Africa. With Ann Sothern in the title role, "Congo Maisie," which opens tomorrow at the De Luxe Theatre, makes the showgirl as lovable, as amusing, and a s entertaining as in her.adventures in the Wild West. It gives.her another dramaiicaiiy adventurous story She finds herself in plenty of predicaments. Since she won fame as Maisie in the film of that name, i Miss Sothern has been identified with the character off-screen as well as on; for a deluge of fan mail has come addressed to "Maisie, • Hollywood. Continuing the second role m ;the adventures of the wise-cracking showgirl the actress wears her Maisie finery complete with imitation jewels, i parasol, and battered suitcase. Her team-mate in the jungle^ drama is John Carroll, soldier of fortune, who jumps from world-wide adventures into the role of Hollywood -leading man. As the renegade Dr. Michael Shane in the picture, Carroll re-enacts some of his real-life adventures in Africa. Hard-hitting, mocking,, and contemptuous of Maisie and the work which is to ■be "done in the • jungle, Carroll plays his most important role to date. Bob Burns, who has endeared himself to the hearts of. filmgoers with his portrayals in recent; pictures of the "Arkansas Traveller,' and a Missouri "mule-trader," has the best role of his career in "Our Leading Citizen," vivid new Paramount drama dealing with the problems of contemporary America, which will be the second feature. This time Bob is starred as a lawyer, a mellow philosophical fellow who believes that any problem can be settled by both sides sitting down at a conference table and discussing it, each side giving a little.