CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1941, Page 10

CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

ST. JAMES THEATRE. One of the oddest collections of characters ever assembled for a film appears at the St. James Theatre this week in "It All Came True," which itself is a most unusual picture. Louis Bromfield, author of "The Rains Came," wrote the story, which tells of the effect of the arrival of a fugitive New York gangster in a boarding-house conducted by two aged ladies and occu piej by many queer but harmless people. Ann Sheridan, vivacious and impetuous as ever, plays the heroine's role, as the daughter of one of the landladies, and she and Jeffrey Lynn, as the son of the other old lady, provide the romantic interest. DE LUXE THEATRE. Irrepressible George Murphy and Lana Turner, give a performance reminiscent of the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers combination in Jhe Metro-Gold-vvyn-Mayer film "Two Girls on Broadway," which is showing at the De Luxe Theatre. The film lacks nothing in humour, while the dancing is beyond reproach. Joan Blondell, always to be relied upon for a splendid performance, adds a touch of the human element, and the whole show goes with a swing from the start. The associate feature, "Big Town Czar." is a thrilling gangster story starring. Barton Mac Lane and Tom Brown. ROXY THEATRE. Packed with music, romance, and thrills. "Broadway Serenade.'" starring Jeanette Mac Donald, is showing* at the Rqxy A thrilling drama, replete with action, suspense, and romance, "Wolf of New York," starring Edmund Lowe, is the1 second feature. REX THEATRE. "The Terror," which is showing at the Rex Theatre, tells a thrilling- story, beginning with a bullion robbery on a road to London. "While New York Sleeps," starring Michael Whalen and Chick Chandler, and the latest newsreel are also showing. OPERA HOUSE. One of the best topical dramas ever produced by English studios, "Convoy," is showing at the Opera House. 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. TUDOR THEATRE. Boasting a brilliant cast in an hilarious story, Elsa Maxwell's "Public Deb. No. 1" has been transferred to I the Tudor. The new 20th Century-Fox comedy romance is packed with laughs and the dialogue is the freshest the screen has offered for a long time. Ver- i satile George Murphy and lovely : Brenda Joyce head the cast. Also : showing is "Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum." MAJESTIC THEATRE. A secret service drama of more than usual quality, "The Night Train to Munich," is in its second week at the Majestic Theatre. The tale opens in a Nazi concentration camp and ends rather precariously on the edge of a Swiss precipice, and in the meantime a picture notable for a masterly blend of action, excitement, and comedy is unfolded. Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Naughton Wayne, and Basil Radford head the cast. The supporting pictures are of interest, particularly the shots behind the scenes in Britain's war industry. REGENT THEATRE. The "Sea Hawk" at the Regent Theatre is due for a tremendous success, not only for its historic parallels—it recalls the birth of the British Navy in answer to the menace of the Spanish Armada at a time when Spain had Napoleonic dreams of European conquest—but because of the splendid acting of Errol Flynn as Captain Thorpe, one of Elizabeth's disowned but privately abetted privateers. Captain Thorpe has the rugged courtiership and independence to win the heart of the Warrior Queen, but it is as captain of the Albatross, scourge of Spanish galleys, that he shines. KING'S THEATRE. During the last two years, Loretta Young and Ray Milland ('Trench Withy out Tears") have achieved reputations of being among Hollywood's most competent players of humorous roles. Brought together for the first time in "The Doctor Takes a Wife," screening for a further week at the King's Theatre, they score a great success in one of the year's best films of the lighter type. The supports, including a "March of Time," are particularly sound. PLAZA THEATRE. When a young and beautiful American wife went with her German husband and young son for a holiday to Germany, she visioned a restful vacation in the Bavarian Alps and in beautiful countryside among the soft-spoken people of southern Germany. Instead they came to Berlin where the streets echoed day and night with the sound of marching feet, a city tense and ex : cited with the fanaticism of the Nazi order, where every word and every gesture threw one under suspicion of watchful agents. The story is told in "I Married a Nazi," now at the Plaza. Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Lloyd Nolan, and Anna Sten have the principal roles. Newsreels show the capture of Fort Capuzzo in the Western Desert. SUBURBAN THEATRES. Capitol (Miramar). —"Talking Feet,'' Mark Hambourg, Hazel Ascot; "Real Glory," Gary Cooper, Andrea Leeds. Regal (Karori).—"Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever," Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, and Cecilia Parker. King George (Lower Hutt).—"Variety Hour," the Crazy Gang, Clapham and Dwyer, Peter Dawson, and Raymond Newell; "Okay for Sound." De Luxe (Lower Hutt).—"Adventure in Diamonds," George Brent and Isa Miranda; "The Mummy's Hand," Dick Foran and Peggy Moran. Prince Edward (Woburn).—"You're Not So Tough," the "Dead End" Kids; "Viva Cisco Kid," Cesar Romero and Jean Rogers. Vogue (Brooklyn). — "Remember," Greer Garson and Robert Taylor; "Women Without Names," Ellen Drew and Robert Page. State (Petone).—Tonight, "Andy Hardy Meets a Debutante." Tomorrow, "Gold Rush Maisie," Ann Sothern and Lee Bowman; "Listen Darling," Freddie Bartholomew and Judy Garland. Grand (Petone). —Tonight, "Sherlock Holmes"; "Isle of Destiny." Tomorrow, "Dust Be My Destiny," John Garfield and Priscilla Lane; "Charlie Chan at Treasure Island." Palace (Petone).—Tonight, "Girls of the Road"; "Little Orvie." Tomorrow, "The Jungle Princess," Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland; "Life With Henry," Jackie Cooper. Ascot (Newtown). —"Firefly," Jeanette Mac Donald and Allan Jones; "My Son is Guilty," Bruce Cabot and Jacqueline Wells. Empire (Island Bay).—"Edison the Man," Spencer Tracy; "Stardust," Linda Darnell. Kinema (Kilbirnie). — "Hollywood Cavalcade," Alice Faye and Don Ameche; "Charlie McCarthy, Detective," Edgar Bergen.

CITY AND SUBURBAN THEATRES

PARAMOUNT THEATRE. The reappearance in Wellington, at the Paramount Theatre of "We Are Not Alone," with Paul Muni in the main role, will no doubt be welcomed by those vvho did not see the picture when it was here before and by many others, who having attended it once will desire to see again the finely-con-ceived and moving story told in it. PauJ Muni, one of the greatest living actors, creates in this picture the lovable character of a country village general practitioner. The second main feature, "An Angel From Texas," is a clever and highly-successful comedy of the slick American type. Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, and Wayne Morris are starred. RIVOLI THEATRE. Breath-taking excitement, romance and drama, mystery and intrigue, are unfolded in the story of Walter Wanger's "Foreign Correspondent," at the Rivoli. Wanger decided to make "Foreign Correspondent" in recognition of the intrepid group of American newspapermen who are serving as the nation's eyes and ears during the European debacle, risking their lives daily in order to keep their own people informed of the rapidly-shifting panorama of war. Joel McCrea is starred. "Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me," starring Tom Brown and Constance Moore, is also showing. TIVOLI THEATRE. "Irene," starring Anna Neagle and Ray Milland, which is showing at the Tivoli, is a gay, spontaneous musical comedy which pictures the adventures of a model who is mistaken for a high society deb. and with whom two young men fall in love. Playing the part of the model is England's Anna Neagle, whose past films gave no hint of the glamorous personality which she turns out to be. "Call a Messenger," starring the Dead End Kids, is the second feature. STATE THEATRE. "Stunt Pilot" and "Dangerous Fingers" conclude tonight at the State. An unusual type of mystery drama, "International Crime," starring.Rod La Rocque. and Astrid Allwyn, comes to the State Theatre tomorrow. The film deals with the attempts of one man to solve a perfect crime fast enough to prevent disaster for a whole nation. La Rocque plays Cranston, a crime commentator, combining the devil-may-care soldier of fortune with logic of the Sherlock Holmes type. Miss Allwyn is cast as Cranston's beautiful but not always brilliant assistant-—a modern | young woman with a lot of determination which supplies plenty of headaches for her employer. The supporting cast includes Thomas Jackson, William Pawley, Oscar O'Shea, Walter Bonn, Lou Hearn, Lloyd Whitlock, and Jack Baxley. The associate film will be a Western, "The Rangers' RoundUP-" _