CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 10, 13 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 Tivdli. Warren William and Jean Muir are the leads in the associate feature, "The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady." EiyOLl THEATRE. „ Warner Bros.1 "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." MAJESTIC THEATRE. War pictures from Egypt and England are the principal supports to "New Moon," the M.G.M. musical picture now in an extended season atthe Majestic Theatre. Exclusive pictures of the capture of Sidi Barrani (the British camera unit was destroyed by an Italian bomb) are contained in one of the Australian newsreels, and they tell more vividly than any words the story of the present lightning advance in Egypt and Libya. In. the principal film, "New Moon," delightful operatic singing by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy is the outstanding feature. PLAZA THEATRE. An exciting romance rippling with gaiety and laughter, ."The Lady in Question," starring Brian Aherne and Rita Hay worth, is showing at the Plaza. The centre of the story is a man who serves on a jury to try a girl charged with murder, and after her acquittal he takes her into his shop without revealing her identity to his wife and family. The inevitable happens, and the truth of the girl's situation leaks out, but in the process the principal figures go through a.series of extraordinary and amusing experiences. Among the supports on the programme is a highly interesting newsreel showing phases of the Italian rout at Sidi Barrani. KING'S THEATRE. Daring, romantic, and bordering on the scandalous, "Lucky Partners" is screening for a further week at the King's Theatre. The stars, Ginger Rogers and Ronald Colman, team admirably in this simple yet delightfully humorous story. The immense scale of the British advance along the Libyan front is brought home to audiences by the news films which were rushed to New Zealand by Fox Movietone Pictures. The capture of Sidi Barrani—details, too, of the attack— and the taking of thousands of prisoners are revealed in the war's best "short" to date. PARAMOUNT THEATRE. A clever comedy with a good sprinkling of thrills is "Law and Disorder," now showing at the Paramount Theatre, and featuring Barry K. Barnes, Alistair Sim, and Diana Churchill. "Law and Disorder" is a timely film, and deals with the days just before the war, when reservists were being called up and the whole country was being mobilised. Barnes is cast as a young lawyer who is also a-bit of an amateur detective, a.nd gets on the trail of a German plot to guide bombers to London targets by means of secret transmitters. The second feature is "Champion Chumps," a straight-out slapstick comedy featuring Joe E. Brown and Martha R'aye. 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. KILBIRME KINEMA. The screen's favourite doctorrhero stars at the Kinema in M.G.M.'s latest "Dr. ' Kildare" film, "Dr. Kildare's Strange Case." Jt provides a dramatic glimpse of what goes on when a young intern. takes matters into his own hands, acting solely on a hunch. Columbia Pictures provide the associate feature in "Too Many Husbands," starring Jean Arthur, Melyyh Douglas, and Fred Mac Murray. REGAL, KARORI. "Lucky To Me," starring Phyllis and Stanley Lupino, with a strong cast, is a film packed with 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. PRINCE EDWARD, WOBURN. The film "For Freedom," which is showing at the Prince Edward Theatre, magnificently commemorates on the screen the greatest British naval drama in history—the Battle of the River Plate. "The Under-Pup," also being screened, features Robert Cummings, Nan Grey, and Gloria Jean. VOGUE THEATRE, BROOKLYN. The story of "Waterfront," at the Vogue, revolves entirely about the brawny and forceful person of Dennis Morgan. It portrays Morgan as the leader of as rough and hardy a bunch of men as are to be found anywhere in the world, the longshoremen of a typical American seaport city. "Marx Bros, at the Circus" is the second feature. ROXY THEATRE. "The Ghost Breakers," a Paramount mystery film with Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, and Richard Carlson in the leading roles, is showing at the Roxy Theatre. Also being screened is Paramount's production "Hidden Gold," featuring William Boyd. REX THEATRE. Australia's favourites, "Dad" and "Dave," are providing a hilarious time at the Rex Theatre, where "Dad and Dave Come to Town" is showing. 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. .; TUDOR THEATRE. The Tudor Theatre is presenting the Shirley Temple 20th Century-Fox technicolour film "The Blue Bird," in which a brilliant band of players brings vividly before the eye a fine portrayal of Maeterlinck's famous masterpiece. The cast includes, besides Shirley in the role of Mytyl, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sonderland, and Eddie Collins. "Viva Cisco Kid," starring Cesar Romero, is also showing. 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. 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. Also showing is "The Long Shot," a thrilling story of intrigue and treachery.

CITY AND SUBURBAN THEATRES

REGENT THEATRE,

One of the best topical dramas ever produced by English studios, "Convoy" is showing at the Regent. 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. Clive Brook- commands the battle-cruiser, John Clements is his subordinate officer, and Judy Campbell provides the romantic side. , , | ST. JAMES THEATRE. A human and compelling story, combined with all the thrills of the turf, is brought to the screen with the film "Sporting Blood" at the St. James Theatre. It has a real typical racetrack setting, and interest is. rejtained at a. high pitch throughout the film. The story tells of the trials and tribulations that come to a trainer before he.can reasonably anticipate reaching the top of his profession, while a spectacular fire, in which several horses are lost, results in further substantial loss. Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lewis Stone, and William Gargan play the leading roles. The supports are headed by a newsreel showing the taking of the Italian stronghold of Sidi Barrani. OPERA HOUSE. "Spring Parade," in which Deanna Durbin appears as a village girl, is showing at the Opera House. It is a story which gives the gifted singer and artist many opportunities. A fortune teller gives her the idea of seeking fame in the.city, and the country maid never looks back in her career. The gradual metamorphosis is perfect, and there is a delightful love interest when she. meets Robert Cummings. The settings of the story are essentially romantic. DE LUXE THEATRE. The graft seemingly always present in United States municipal politics can sometimes form the theme for an entertaining film, and one of these is "Down Went McGinty," the attraction at the De Luxe Theatre. With a sound cast headed by Brian Donlevy and Akiin Tamiroff, supported by Muriel Angelus and Steffi Duna, it tells of a down-and-out who becomes a gangstsrsupported mayor of a large city, and then a State Governor, with a readymade family to create the illusion of a benevolent politician. "Constantinople Express," the other feature, -is an exciting story of espionage in postMunich and pre-war Europe. CAPITOL THEATRE, MIRAMAR. An all but forgotten incident in American history, which contains more drama, colour, and exciting action than one would at first imagine, is picturised in "The First Rebel," showing at the Capitol. Claire Trevor and John Wayne are starred. Also showing is "The Biscuit Eater," a story of two boys and their no-account dog. SEASIDE THEATRE, LYALL BAY. Sonja Henie and Ray Milland are featured in "Everything Happens at Night," which is showing at the Seaside Theatre. The associate feature is "Rhythm of the Saddle," starring Gene Autry. 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. EMPIRE, ISLAND BAY. Starring George Brent and Isa Miranda, Paramount's "Adventure in Diamonds" is, being screened at Island Bay. Barbara Stanwyck is starred in the second attraction, "Remember the Night." GRAND THEATRE, PETONE. Marking something new in the way of film entertainment the "Swiss Family Robinson" at the Grand, Petone, is a vivid picturisation of the intensely-human story that has been beloved by generations of readers. Cesar Romero plays the dashing O Henry outlaw in "Viva Cisco Kid," the second feature. PALACE THEATRE, PETONE. "Dr. Christian Meets the Women," the latest release in this highly popular series, is being screened at the Palace. It again stars Jean Hersholt. The' second attraction is "Military Academy." STATE THEATRE, PETONE. At the State Theatre, Petone, 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. SHIPPING ARRIVALS. SUNDAY, JANUARY 12. Kara (1.15 a.m.), from Greymouth. Echo (2.15 a.m.), from Blenheim. Kohl (3.15 a.m.), from Collingwood. Arahura (3.5 a.m.), from Nelson. Walrine (6.58 a.m.), from Lyttelton. Inaha (9.55 a.m.)', from Patea. Tamahine (9.35 a.m.), from Picton. MONDAY, JANUARY 13. Wingatui (12.15 a.m.), from Westport. Maori (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton. DEPARTURES. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11. Wainui (1.10 p.m.), for Napier. Tamahine (1.15 p.m.), for Picton. Matangl (7.35 p.m.), for Nelson. Maori (7.46 p.m.), for Lyttelton. SUNDAY, JANUARY 12. Wahine (7.45 p.m.), for Lyttelton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Tamahine, Picton, today, 6 p.m. Matangi, Nelson, tomorrow, 5.30 a.m. Wahine, Lyttelton, tomorrow, 7 a.m. Hawera, Patea, tomorrow. Breeze, Wanganui, tomorrow. Kaimiro, Greymouth, tomorrow. Kakapo, Portland, tomorrow. Waipiata, southern ports, tomorrow. Storm, southern' ports, tomorrow. Hohndale, southern ports, tomorrow. Inaha, Patea, 15th. Waimarino, Auckland, 15th. Holmlea, Wanganui, 15th. Te Aroha, Karamea, 15th. VVaipahi, southern ports, 15th. Koutunui, Patea, 15th. Kcho, Blenheim, 15th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Aiahura, Nelson, today, 7.30 p.m. Korowai, Westport, today. Echo, Blenheim, today. Maori, Lyttelton, today, 7.45 p.m. Talisman, Nelson and bays, today. Tamahine, Picton, tonsorrow, 2.45 ' p.m. Fnaha, Patea, tomorrow. Hawera, Patea, tomorrow. Breeze, southern ports, tomorrow. Kohi, Nelson and bays, tomorrow. Storm, Wanganui, via Picton, tomorrow. Holmdale, Wanganui, tomorrow. Wingatui, Westport, tomorrow. Waipiata, Auckland, tomorrow. Waipahi, Nelson, 15th. Kakapo, Greymouth, 15th. Holmlea, Tarakohe, 15th. THE WEATHER MAY CHANGE. However fickle the climate the confidence of the public remains firm in Baxters Lung Preserver. For nearly 80 years "Baxters" has been New Zealand's most popular remedy for coughs, colds, sore throats,' and bronchial troubles. Today "Baxters" is more popular than ever. The unique properties of "Baxters" include a marked tonic action. —Advt.