CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 157, 31 December 1940, Page 3

CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE.' "Convoy" at the Regent has been extended for another week." It is rightly described as "the picture of the moment," for it throws on the screen in highly dramatic fashion the work that certain of the ships of the Royal Navy are doing today and every day in the seven seas. The film was made with the collaboration of the Admiralty and the naval scenes are inspiring indeed. ..There is a good selection of supports. MAJESTIC THEATRE. "The New Moon," with Jeanette Mac Donald and Nelson Eddy, at the. Majestic Theatre, far exceeds, the "New Moon" as known to audiences through stage performances or otherwise. Sea fights and shipwrecks are presented with a realism that on the stage is impossible; and the atmosphere of the New Orleans and Louisiana of 1789, and of the tropic island where the sea rovers end up, is also presented in a manner that can only happen in a magnificently pictured musical romance. With its reunion of two really great musical stars, it is a picture not often to be seen and not to be missed. ST^ JAMES THEATRE. The Deanna Durbin new film, "Spring Parade," is the feature at the St. James Theatre. The best-remem-bered member of the unfortunate Habsburg dynasty is resurrected to honour Deanna Durbin, who has established a sort of cinema dynasty of her own account Not one of Deanna's recent journeyings has eclipsed in charm her junketing in Austria, which provides ample scope for both the comedy and the music that.are her birthright. Robert Cum-' mings has the part of the lover. v OPERA HOUSE. Another of those entertaining and delightfully human pictures of the well-known Hardy family series heads the programme at the Opera House. With Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy dominating the doings as usual, the same team, with the addition of the vivacious Judy Garland, gives one of its best efforts. The title is "Andy Hardy Meets Debutante." The supporting programme includes an "Our Gang" comedy, an interesting demonstration of a cinematograph stroboscope, and a colour cartoon. PARAMOUNT THEATRE. George Formby plays his ukulele, sings several new songs, and displays much more of his engaging foolishness in "Feather Your Nest," showing finally at the Paramount Theatre today. There's lots of fun and many hilarious situations. "I'm. Nobody's Sweetheart Now" is a much better production than the title suggests! Several catchy songs are included in the picture. A midnight matinee tonight will present a surprise programme. A second feature presents May Robson in "Granny Get Your Gun." ROXX THEATRE. Thrills and excitement are forthcoming in Warner Bros.' "Virginia City," in which Errol Flynn and Miriam Hopkins appear as people with conflicting missions that take them on a hazardous journey across the Painted Desert of the U.S.A. Also showing at the Roxy is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "These Glamorous Girls," Lew Ayres and a bevy of youthful beauties in a collegiate comedy which stars Lana Turner. PRINCESS THEATRE. A double-feature programme at the Princess Theatre presents "The Way of All Flesh," Paramount's big production, and "Stronger Than Desire," a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production in wMch the leading roles are filled by Virginia Bruce, Walter Pidgeon, Lee Bowman, Ann Dvorak, Ilka Chase, and Rita Johnson.

CITY AND SUBURBAN THEATRES

TIVOLI THEATRE. Father against son in a vivid human drama, "My Son is Guilty," a story • that has thrilled thousands, is being shown at the Tivoli Theatre, also "Music in My Heart." Tomorrow and on Thursday and Friday, come Warner Bros.' "Four Wives" —there are no dull moments— and "The Saint Takes Over," featuring George Sanders and Wendy Barrie, with Jonathan Hale, Paul Guilfoyle, and Morgan Conway. . RIVQLI THEATRE. "Isle of Destiny" at the Rivoli Theatre, takes a glamorous New York society girl into adventure in the • South Pacific and entanglement with an unscrupulous villain engaged in gun. running and incitement of revolutions. "Our. Neighbours the Carters" features Fay Bainter, Frank Craven, Edmund Lowe, and Genevieve Tobin in smalltown life. The programme tomorrow and on Thursday and Friday features "Four Wives" and "Outside the 3-mile Limit,' starring Jack Holt, with Harry Carey, Sig Rumann, and Irene Ware. REX THEATRE. Defying the conventional world because she is in love, Katherine Hepburn and madcap Cary Grant present a romance of thoroughly modern life in "Holiday," at the Rex Theatre. Dennis O'Keefe and Wallace Beery figure in the "Bad Man of Brimstone," a second feature, with Virginia Bruce in the part of the heroine. Tomorrow, Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer feature in "The Nearest Thing to Heaven." Also to be screened is "Topper," with Constance Bennett, ' Cary Grant, Roland Young, and Billie BUrke in leading roles. . > PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE, W.OBURN. "Frozen Limits," most riotous of all crazy comedies, crammed with gags and patter, and featuring the "highpowered irresponsibility" of the Crazy Gang (Six Wonder Boys) and their exploits in search of a legenary gold I cache in Alaska, is being screened at the Prince Edward. "Talking Feet," a film that is delightfully different in its presentation of well-known celebrities, plus famous bands —the Seaforth Highlanders, Royal Marines, and . Dragenham Girl Pipers—is another feature. STATE THEATRE, .PETONE. George Forrnby in "Gunner George* concludes tonight at the State Theatre, ' Petone. Commencing tomorrow with, a matinee at 2 p.m., comes for New Year's Day and Thursday "Too ManyHusbands." Too many husbands can. prove somewhat troublesome, as Jean Arthur discovers. Fred Mac Murray and Melvyn Douglas are also starred. Based upon a W. Somerset Maugham stage success, the production has been. • hailed as a hilariously witty melee of men, marriage, and morals. PALACE THEATRE, PETONE. Gene Autry in "Ride, Ranger, Ride* and "Chicken Wagon Family" are being screened finally at the Palace Theatre tonight. A "different" mystery hit comes tomorrow in "They Came By Night," a film which is said to deftly combine mystery, thrills, and romance and brings chuckles with a surprising climax. The second attraction is' the . popular Jones Family in "Young As You Feel." GRAND THEATRE, PETONE. "Espionage Agent" and the Crazy Gang in "Frozen Limits" are being finally screened at the Grand Theatre tonight. A beautiful white woman alone in the heart of the jungle with two men is the situation in Paramount's "Safari," which forms the thrilling action-romance attraction tomorrow. Madeleine Carroll, blonde English star, Douglas Fairbanks, jun., and Tullio Carminati have the leads. Presenting a new mode in- romantic mystery films "Girl in 313" will be the second feature. Florence Rice and Kent Taylor have the principal roles.