CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1941, Page 10

CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. In "I Take This Woman," screening at the Regent Theatre, Spencer Tracy tries his hand at a little straight romance, and makes a conspicuous success of it. With the charming Hedy j Lamarr, he does not lack in- j centive, and the result is a delightful story ot an East Side doctor's love for a rather pampered product of the fashion salons. The supporting programme includes shorts showing the attack on Bardia, and a screen commentary of how England spent its last Christmas. MAJESTIC THEATRE. "Forty Thousand Horsemen," showing at the Majestic Theatre, depicting a galloping story of the desert fighting in Sinai and Southern Palesitine in the last war. is a timely film in view of the events of the present campaign on the west side of Egypt instead of the east. Romance is worked in by allowing a fugitive French girl to wander into the Light 'Horse lines and mesmerise "Red" I Gallagher (played by Grant Taylor) so that their love fates become* intertwined. Gallagher is the d'Artagnan of a trio equivalent to the "Three Musketeers"; the other two being Chips Rafferty and Pat .Twohill. The girl is played by Betty Bryant, ST. JAMES THEATRE. With James Cagney and Pat O'Brien bawling each other out, and Ann Sheridan keeping up • a rapid fire of clever wisecracks, "Torrid Zone," showing at the St. James Theatre, lacks neither action nor colour. There enters one Rosario, who escapes from a firing squad and starts to make a nuisance of himself in a banana plantation where the scenes are laid. Cagney gets shot, captures Rosario, and falls in love with Ann, There is a varied selection of shorts. DE LUXE THEATRE. Playing a new type of role, Lana Turner gives an excellent performance in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "We Who Are Young," which is showing at the De Luxe Theatre John Shelton demonstrates both good taste and talent as her husband. The story depicts life for a typical young couple trying to live on 25 dollars a week in a very mercenary age. Boris Karloff takes a new lease of life as James Lee Wong, the famous Chinese detective, in the associate feature, "The Fatal Hour." Another episode of "Drums of Fu Manchu" completes the programme. PARAMOUNT THEATRE. In "It All Came True," showing at the Paramount Theatre, the arrival of a fugitive gangster upsets the harmony of a boarding-house and causes excitement. Ann Sheridan is cast as the daughter of one of the landladies, and Jeffrey Lynn, the son of the other, plays opposite her. Wayne Morris and Rosemary Lane are starred in the second feature, "Ladies Must Live." PRINCESS THEATRE. "The Roaring Twenties," with James Cagney and Priscilla Lane in the leading roles, and "The Girl From God's Country" are showing at the Princess. REX THEATRE. "Gangster's Boy," starring Jackie Cooper, and "Mr. Moto's Last Warning are showing at the Rex. TIVOLI THEATRE. ' >: With Victor Mature and Louise Platt starred and a strong supporting cast featuring Leo Carrillo, Bruce Cabot, Vivienne Osborne, Robert Barrat, and Miles Mander, Hal Roach's sweeping sea epic, "Captain Caution," heads the new bill at the Tivoli Theatre. The associate feature is "Dust Be My Destiny." with John Garfield and Priscilla Lane. ROXY THEATRE. "You're Not So Tough," starring the "Dead 'End Kids," and "Little Tough Guys," and "Rhythm on the River," starring Bing Crosby, head the bill at the Roxy.

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