CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 8, 10 January 1941, Page 4

CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

TIVOLI/THEATRE. The 20th Century Fox film "Star Dust/ which features Linda Darnell, is a story of adventure in a scrap for fame in Hollywood, and is being screened at the Tivoli. Warren William and Jean Muir are the leads in the associate feature, "The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady." RIVOLI THEATRE. Warner Bros.' "The Story of Dr. Ehrlich's. Magic Bullet." a worthy successor to "The Story of Louis Pasteur" and "the Life of Emile Zola," is being featured at the Rivoli. Edward G. Robinson and Ruth Gordon have the leads. Also being screened is "Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase." SEASIDE PICTURES, LYALL BAY. Linking the secret lives of a criminal attorney, a beautiful nurse, and a young boxer victimised by a gangster ring, Universale "Secrets of a Nurse" provides good fare at the Seaside, Lyall Bay. Edmund Lowe, Helen Mack, and Dick Foran are the leads. j TUDOR THEATRE. "Tom Brown's School Days" at the Tudor Theatre, is a really fine filming of the great school story. Sir Cedric Hardwicke, as Dr. Arnold, the headmaster, and Jimmy Lydon as Tom Brown, receive most-of the laurels of the acting department, with Freddie Bartholomew and Billy Halopalso giving sound performances. Gene Raymond and Wendy Barrie star in "Cross Country Romance."

CITY AND SUBURBAN THEATRES

REGENT THEATRE. One of the best topical dramas ever produced by English, studios, "Convoy," continues for a further season at the Regent Theatre. Authentic scenes of life on board a British battle-cruiser, actually filmed at sea under wartime conditions, vividly portray the magnificent work of the Navy at the present time, while scenes among typical British sailors provide light relief. Give, Brook commands the battlecruiser, John Clements is his subordinate officer, and Judy Campbell provides the romantic side. MAJESTIC THEATRE. The well-remembered music of the light opera "New Moon" is a delightful feature of the first-rate talking picture version continuing its successful season at the Majestic Theatre. Jeanette Mac Donald and Nelson Eddy, together again in this picture, repeat their remarkable success of "Naughty Marietta" Of strong topical interest in the supporting programme is an Australian newsreel devoted to Christmas in Palestine with the A.1.F., also a picture showing the production of malt barley in New Zealand. VOGUE THEATRE. "Code of the Secret Service," the second in the Warner Bros.' series of pictures depicting the exploits of the U.S. Secret Service, is showing at the Vogue Theatre, Brooklyn, with Ronald Reagan again in the starring role. Jackie Cooper and Freddie Bartholomew appear in the second feature, "Spirit of Culver." KING'S THEATRE. A comedy-romance which appeals largely through the whimsical performances of the two principal characters is "Lucky Partners." which is now showing at the King's Theatre. Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers make their first joint appearance. The plot is simple, but contains plenty of scope for humour. Supports include a newsreel. PLAZA THEATRE. Now in its second week at the Plaza Theatre, the Twentieth Century-Fox film "The Blue Bird" is the latest in the modern series of fantasy films. Based on Maurice Maeterlinck's masterpiece, it tells the story of a discontented little girl who is sent by the fairy Berylune to find the blue bird of happiness. Shirley Temple plays the part of Myttyl and Johnny Russell is Tyltyl. Magnificent and aweinspiring settings are heightened by technicolour. In the supporting programme arc newsreels, an animated cartoon in colour, and travelogues showing Alaska and Australia. PRINCESS THEATRE. "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" and "Everybody's Hobby" are being screened at the Princess Theatre. The former, a technicolor, by Warner Brothers, features Bette Davis and : Errol Flynn. "Everybody's Hobby" ] tells of a typical American family, five busy pairs of hands all at work at their hobbies. When father strikes trouble : it. is his hobby and that of his son that ' opens the way to freedom and makes ; them heroes. ' KILBIRNIE KINEMA. The screen's favourite doctor-hero stars at the Kinema in M.G.M.'s latest "Dr. Kildare" film, "Dr. Kildare's Strange Case." It provides a dramatic glimpse of what goes on when a young intern takes matters into his own ; hands,., acting solely on a hunch. < Coliim'bia Pictures provide the associate feature in "Too Many Husbands," starring Jean Arthur, Melvyn Douglas, and Fred Mac Murray. i REGAL, KARORI. "Lucky To Me," Phyllis and Stanley ' Lupino, with a strong cast, is a film Ipackedwith entertainment which is being shown at the Regal, with Columbia's "Too Many Husbands" as the associate feature. This presents Somerset Maugham's story of a marital mix-up with Jean Arthur, Fred Mac Murray, and Melvyn Douglas in the stellar roles. EMPIRE, ISLAND BAY. Starring George Brent and Isa Miranda, Paramount's "Adventure in Diamonds" is being screened at Island Bay.- Barbara Stanwyck features in the second attraction, "Remember the Night." REX THEATRE. Australia's favourites, "Dad" and "Dave," are providing a hilarious time at the Rex Theatre in "Dad and Dave Come to Town." Bert Bailey is "Dad" and Fred Mac Donald "Dave." The Charles Laughton feature, "Jamaica Inn," is the second feature, and there is also a "Jungle Menace" episode and the latest Pathe Gazette. ASCOT THEATRE. The spectacular drama of a magnificent white stallion, "Florian," showing at the Ascot Theatre and starring Robt. Young and Helen Gilbert, tells of the fall of a great empire. Also showing is "Young Man's Fancy," with Anna Lee and Seymour Hicks in a bright, hilarious comedy of youth's fling. The supporting items are excellent. CAPITOL, MIRAMAR. Samuel Goldwyn's "Wuthering Heights," based on the unforgettable love story of the Emily Bronte novel of the same name, is being screened at the Capitol. Merle Oberon and Laurence Ollivier, as the romantic lovers, are brilliantly supported by a cast of outstanding players including David Niven, Flora Robson, Hugh Williams, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, and Miles Mander. The associate features are "Everything Happens at Night," with Sonja Henie, and the first episode of the "Green Hornet" serial.GRAND THEATRE, PETONE. Hitler's."Mem Kampf" and "Frontier Marshal" are being finally screened at the Grand Theatre tonight. Marking something new in the way of film entertainment the "Swiss Family Robinson" brings tomorrow a vivid'picturisation of the intenselyhuman story that has been beloved by generations of readers. It deals intimately and vividly with the adventures of a family wrecked on a South Sea island, and with their regeneration after a struggle with Nature in the raw. Cesar Romero plays, the dashing O. Henry outlaw in "Viva Cisco Kid, a Twentieth Century-Fox picture, the second feature. PRINCE EDWARD, WOBURN. Graphic adventures of a while huntress in conflict with jungle beasts and African savages in the shadow of a flaming volcano are presented in Universal's exciting film "Zanzibar," being screened at the Prince Edward. Lola Lane portrays a daring girl explorer and James Craig has the role of a danger-seeking young American. Also showing is Buck Jones's latest. "Stone Of Silver Creek." STATE THEATRE, PETONE. Walt Disney's "Pinocchio," at the State, Petone, concludes tonight. William Powell and Myrna Loy appear in "I Love You Again." Never in the careers of these two favourites have they appeared in a more hilarious film. From beginning to end, laugh is piled upon laugh in a series of the maddest situations ever conceived by a group of authors.

PARAMOUNT THEATRE. ; "Law and' Disorder," a thrilling ex- ' pose of what.lies behind the acquittal j of cowardly saboteurs when spies seek to wreck vital army supply stores, f ea- ; tures Barry K. Barnes, Alastair Sim, ■ and Diana Churchill, with Edward Chapman, Austin Trevor; and Ruby Miller in a drama full of action. Also I being screened is "Champion Chumps," in which Joe E. Brown and Martha Raye open the mouths of those who wonder what higher education is all about. They undertake to put a broken-down college on its feet by recruiting a handsome football team which attracts a corps of co-eds. Firstclass comedy results. DE LUXE THEATRE. A sensational battle of wits is fought on a speeding transcontinental train in the topical story of international intrigue told in "Constantinople Express," a drama as vivid as was the crisis of October, 1938, which inspired it. A strong cast of favourite British players led by Rex Harrison, Valeric Hobson, and John Loder—a beautiful woman and two men caught in the web of' intrigue—carry the story along as fast as the famous train itself. The film is being shown at the De Luxe in conjunction with Paramount's "Down Went McGinty," Brian Donlevy playing hero for the first time, with Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, and Steffi ' Duna in the other leading roles. ST. JAMES THEATRE. Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lewis Stone, William Gargan, and Lynne Carver combine their varied talents in "Sporting Blood," showing at the St. James Theatre. The picture, which is one of thrilling action, is a race track story in a new setting and with an entirely new idea. It has all the thrills of big races being run, with a spectacular fire thrown in for good measure. Young and Miss O'Sullivan make an excellent team. Gargan does some excellent comedy, and Lewis Stone is a hard-bitten Southerner. Lynne Carver, among the screen's most beautiful girls, gets a real opportunity in this picture and comes through admirably. STATE THEATRE. "Frontier Town," at the State Theatre, brings to the screen Tex Ritter, popular singing cowboy, whose thrilling exploits are daring exhibitions of an. expertness acquired in years of actual, experience. He is completely at home in the rodeo arena and has starred at the Madison Square Garden rodeo, New York. In the: picture he plays the part of a rodeo rider who upsets the calculations of a gambling ring by: repeatedly beating their favourite horsemen. A good cast supports him and the music and songs are well arranged. ROXY THEATRE. "The Ghost Breakers," a Paramount mystery film with Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, and Richard Carlson in the leading roles, is a blood curdler introduced at the Roxy Theatre. It blends mystery,, murder, chicanery, and comedy into one with a thrill, laugh, and new mystery in practically every sequence. Also being screened is Paramount's production "Hidden Gold," featuring William Boyd with Russell Hayden, Ruth Rogers, Minor Watson, and Britt Wood. PALACE THEATRE, PETONE. Frank Capra's comedy masterpiece. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," and "Five Little Peppers in Trouble," conclude tonight, r • ■ . With the engagement of "Dr. Christian Meets the Women,-' commencing tomorrow, screen fans will be able to see at the Palace the third and latest release in this highly popular series. The current feature once more stars Jean Hersholt, favourite of millions who have seen the previous Dr. Christian pictures. The second attraction is "Military Academy."