CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 121, 18 November 1940, Page 10

CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. ' Paul Muni makes another great contribution to the screen as Dr. David Newcome the central character in Warner Bros.' "We Are Not Alone," which is showing at the Regent Theatre. It is his first modern role for several years, and he brings to it all the qualities of that genius which has given him a pre-eminent position in the 1 motion-picture world. Jane Bryan •plays opposite him. Rounding off an I entertainment of unusual interest are many interesting "shorts." MAJESTIC THEATRE. "I Love You Again," now in its second week at the Majestic Theatre, continues to attract large audiences. It is a brilliant comedy with the traditional William Powell-Myrna Loy atmosphere. Powell is cast as a mean, small-minded small-town man who gets hit over the head during a shipboard incident. This shakes off an eight-year attack of amnesia, and he emerges as a different personality. When he arrives back at his home town, however, and finds a home, wife, and friends he does not recognise the situation becomes almost impossible, j ST. JAMES THEATRE. How an unfortunate trick of fate changes a family of law-abiding citizens into one of the most terrorising gangs of bandits that ever roamed the American States of Texas and Arkansas is unfolded in "When the Daltons Rode," showing at the St. James Theatre. The pictvu-e is splendidly produced, thrilling in the extreme, and not without its humorous moments. Brian Donlevy, Stuart Erwin, Broderick Crawford, and George Bancroft plays the roles of the Dalton brothers. PARAMOUNT THEATRE. The best elements of a light opera as well as the clowning of Laurel and Hardy are combined in "Fra Diavolo," showing at the Paramount Theatre, j The story has an early eighteenth century setting and the kind of comedy made famous by Stanley and Oliver is used to best advantage by giving them the comedy roles in an otherwise lightly serious opera. The second big feature is "Some Like It Hot," starring Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, and Gene Kruta's famous dance band. This is an entertaining production with several catchy songs. ROXY THEATRE. "The Lambeth Walk," the film version of the highly successful London musical show, "Me and My Girl," is showing at the Roxy Theatre. Lupino Lane is the star. "The Kid from Texas," the associate film, is second of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's sports pictures featuring Dennis O'Keefe. Florence Rice is the star. REX THEATRE. "The Girl of the Golden West" and "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry" conclude tonight at the Rex Theatre. "Reckless Living," Universal's faststepping comedy drama of impetuous youth, which opens tomorrow, introduces a set of characters whose breezy, rollicking antics provide hilarious entertainment from start to finish. "Circus Girl," starring Robert Livingston and June Travis, is the second feature. NEW PRINCESS THEATRE. "The Old Maid," co-starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins, is showing at the Princess. Filmed by Warner Bros., it has been hailed as the outstanding dramatic event of the year. "Danger Flight," starring John Trent, Marjorie Reynolds, and Milburn Stone, is the second feature. SEASIDE THEATRE, LTALL BAY. A thrilling drama, replete with action, suspense, and .romance, "Wolf of New York," starring Edmund Lowe, is showing at the Seaside Theatre. Columbia's "Romance of the Redwoods" with Charles Bickford and Jean Parker featured, is the second picture. VOGUE THEATRE, BROOKLYN. "They Shall Have Music," starring Andrea Leeds, Joel McCrea, Terry Kilburn, Jasha Heifetz, Gene Reynolds, and Walter Brennan is showing at the Vogue Theatre. "It's a Wonderful World," with James Stewart, Claudette Colbert, and Guy Kibbee, is the second feature.

CITY AND SUBURBAN THEATRES

KING'S THEATRE. "The Westerner," starring Gary Cooper, which is in its second week at the King's Theatre, is one of those stirring pictures of the great southwest of the United States. It deals with the march of the settlement that displaces the long-horned herds that broke in the wilderness. The-^cattle barons die hard, and make the lot of the homesteaders tough. Lawlessness, love, and the wonderful courage that persist in the face of death and disaster mingle in an unusual Westernstory. -Walter Brennan and Doris Davenport are also starred. "London Can Take It" is also showing. PLAZA THEATRE. Spiced by smart dialogue and piquant situations, "Too Many Husbands," which is showing at ttL Plaza j Theatre, is a comedy in the best mod-1 em manner. The plot is simple and the sfory slight, but it has been attacked from a new angle and the acting of the three principals gives it a', quality that it otherwise might lack. Briefly it tells of a husband who turns up after a year during which he has been declared legally dead, and finds his former wife married to his business partner. The cast is headed by Jean Arthur, Fred Mac Murray, and Melvyn Douglas. DE LUXE THEATRE. No matter how old a man becomes, there is something about a cowboy novel or film that always strikes a j chord. "The Showdown," which heads the bill at the De Luxe Theatre, has! William Boyd in the lead. Once more would-be rustlers are balked, and the balking leaves very few quiet moments. Pat O'Brien and Roland Young, very worthily supported by Olympe Bradna. are the stars of "The Night of Nights," the second full-length production. STATE THEATRE. An unusual but effective; story in which one of the principal characters becomes a ghost and appears during the remainder of the action as a semitransparent phantom of himself, is told in "Earthbound," one of the two main features on the programme at the State Theatre. Warner Baxter and Andrea Leeds have the principal roles. Picture patrons will welcome the return of Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," principal attraction of the programme. "London Can Take It" is also showing at the State. TUDOR THEATRE. Three people on a honeymoon usually is an awkward situation, to say the least, but when the trio consists of the groom and two wives there are apt to be amazing complications. Which is putting it mildly, according. to the sparkling plot of the Irene DunneCary Grant comedy romance, "My Favourite Wife," which is showing at the Tudor Theatre today. The associate film, "Dr. Christian Meets the Women," sets out to expose fake reducing diets. THEATRE, MIRAMAR. "Paramount's thrilling story of the greatest of all Indian wars, "Geronimo," featuring Preston Foster; Ellen Drew, and Andy Devine is showing at the Capitol Theatre. The associate feature is a thrilling mystery story with, a surprise climax. PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE, WOBURN. Co-starring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston, as the brothers Geste, Paramount's exciting film "Beau Geste" is showing at the Prince Edward Theatre. The supporting attraction is "This Man in Paris." GRAND THEATRE, PETONE. Republic's "Scatterbrain" is the attraction at the Grand Theatre. Judy Canova's comedy work ranks with that of the Marx Brothers, Martha Raye, and the Ritz Brothers. The second feature is "Golden Boy." PALACE THEATRE, PETONE. Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, Eric Blore, and Onslow Stevens appear in a sensational story, "The Man Who Wouldn't Talk," showing at the Palace Theatre. A comedy star who rises to stardom faster than any rocket is seen in "She Couldn't Say No!" the second feature.

TIVOLI THEATRE. "Primrose Path" and "Opened.By Mistake" conclude tonight at the Tivoli Theatre. . Comedy, heart interest, thrills, and 1 drama blend into another family adventure of the Hardys in "Judge Hardy and Son," ■'with Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, and the. rest of the famous family group, which opens tomorrow. The; new story deals with Andy Hardy's comical adventures as an amateur detective, through which he is involved with three pretty girls and gets into various comical complications. With "The Mind of Mr. Reeder," the associate film, Will Fyffe brings to the screen a detective created by the master of detective .writers, Edgar Wallace. '■ - ■■"■,;■'■■ ' , ' . • RIVOLI THEATRE. '•My Little Chickadee" and "The Crooked Road" conclude tonight at the Rivoli' Theatre. ' .-..■■ . A quintet of comedians. appear ux support of Baby Sandy in tne wc-year-old star's first starring; .picture, Uttiversal's "Sandy Is a: Lady," which opens tomororw. The five tunmakers are Mischa Aver; Eugene Pallette, Billy Gilbert, Edgar Kennedy, and I Fritz Feld. Unsung heroes of a thou- | sand thrilling battles on the city streets are the seven policemen and the sergeant who comprise the "suicide battalion" m the second feature, ' EmerI genes'-■ Squad." ■ OPERA HOUSE. Dramatically presenting the first picturisation of tne methods of restoring insane patients to normalcy, "Dr. Kildare's Strange Case," latest of the "Dr. Kildare" pictures, is showing at the Opera House. It is the fourth of the dramatic hospital stories, with Lew Ayres as the impetuous young interne, Dr. Jimmy Kildare, and Lionel Barrymore as the irascible but > great diagnostician, Dr. Leonard Gfllespie. | KILBIRNIE KINEIVIA. Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, and the rest of the famous Hardy Family are seen in "Judge Hardy and Son," showing at the Kinema. Hazardous and thrilling adventures of the men of the United States Secret Service are dramatised in "Secret Service Adventures," the associate film, starring Ronald Reagan. ASCOT THEATRE. Tyrone Power and Dorothy Lamour are starred in "Johnny Apollo" at the Ascot Theatre. It is a stirring drama of a boy's embitterment at his father's imprisonment. Also showing is "Manhattan Heartbeat," with Joan Davis and Robt. Sterling in a bright domestic comedy-romance. The supporting programme is well chosen.. REGAL. THEATRE, KARORI. Lusty, romantic drama of the good old days when New York w<as a boisterous ljttle town, "Little Old New York," the new 20th Century-Fox film, is showing at the Regal Theatre. Alice Faye, Fred Mac Murray," Richard Greene, and Brenda Joyce are starred. Hand-tailored for the inimitable talents of Joe Penner, "Millionaire Playboy" is the second feature. EMPIRE THEATRE, ISLAND BAY. A quintet of comedians appear in support of Baby Sandy in the two-year-old star's first starring- picture, Universal's "Sandy Is a Lady," which is showing at the Empire Theatre. "Honeymoon in Bali," starring Fred Mac Murray and Madeleine Carroll, is the second feature. ' STATE THEATRE, PETONE. "The Great Victor Herbert" concludes tonight at the State Theatre. For once a new; angle is discovered to the American Civil War in "The Man from Dakota," which opens at the State tomorrow. The film; is. without the customary North v. South and family divided against itself theme. Instead, the leading characters are two Yankee prisoners of war who escape the Confederate prison camp at Belle Island, and a Russian girl wljo joins them as a fugitive after she has killed a Confederate officer who mistreated her.: "Wallace Beery, John Howard, and Dolores del Rio head the cast., ; •Mr. Winston Churchill is causing, his j associates much anxiety these : nights. i They cannot get I him to stop in the shelter at 10 Downing Street. Hall the time he sleeps upstairs and on several occasions he has even insisted on putting on his "battle bowler" and driving around London during night raids. On the average he sleeps about five hours a night and gets an hour's siesta attsr lunch. His doctors report he is standing the strain well.