CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 42, 18 August 1941, Page 4

CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE

A dual role, which leads to farcical situations, is piayev. by Brian Aherne, who is starred with Kay Francis 'in Universal's comedy "The Man Who Lost Himself," now showing at the Regent Theatre. Aherne is seen on the one hand as a worthless man-about-town, and on the other as an honest, temperate business man. The comedy develops when the business man. aftei a night out, finds himself in the waster's home^ and unable to convince anyone, including the latter's wife, that he is not the lawful master of the house.

MAJESTIC THEATRE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's dynamic production, "Boom Town," now in its third week at the Majestic Theatre, has much more than its superlative cast, headed by Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert. Spencer Tracy.. Hedy Lamarr and Frank Morgan, to commend it as first-rate entertainment. Drama and<hu mour, thrills and tragedy flash through its scenes, which range from the oilfields of the great south-west of the United States to the penthouses of Manhattan. i ; ______ ■ ■. q

ST. JAMES THEATRE. Rhythmic melody from first-class exponents is heard in "Second Chorus" at the St. James Theatre. Fred \staire and Paulette Goddard are starred, and Artie Shaw and his band play a osajor part in a musical and merry mix-up. The college band is so well paid that nobody wants to graduate Then mischievous love gets to work and creates discords between two firm friends over a girl secretary, and when the three are shot out of college into the big world some ludicrous things happen. ;,

PARAMOUNT THEATRE. A tasty tonic for the times is provided in "Under Your Hat," which is the main feature at the Paramount Theatre. It has been specially designed to give full scope for the mirth -proyok ing talents of Jack Huibert and Cicely Courtneidge. "Wife of General Ling," which is the second feature, starring the British actor Griffith Jones, dominates the screen from beginning to end, and even a Russian gentleman named Inkijinoff who plays a dual role of a; suave Hong Kong mex-ehant and a cut- j throat and sinister Chinese war lord,! pales into insignificance beside the brilliant work of Jones. o DE LUXE THEATRE. " A famous radio feud results in an even more famous screen feud when Jack Benny and Fred Allen meet each other with the gloves off in the Paramount Picture, "Love Thy Neighbour," the chief attraction at the De Luxe Theatre. Mary Martin as Fred Allen's niece makes a valiant attempi at 'bearing the olive branch." but after ii temporary reconciliation, a faux oas b> Rochester leads to hostilities being renewed with increased venom. The associate feature "Mr. Dynamite'" is a tx-uly high-explosive film. in which Irene Hervey and Lloyd Nolan are starred.

PRINCESS THEATRE. "Public Cowboy No. 1," Gene Autry; "No Time for Comedy." James Stewart and Rosalind Russell. ROXY THEATRE. "Moon Over Burma," Dorothy Larnour and Robert Preston; 'Christmas in July." Dick Powell and Ellen Drew. REX THEATRE. "Swanee River.' 1 Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, and Al Jolson; "The Cat i and the Canary." Paulette Goddard and ! Bob Hope. j

CITY AND SUBURBAN THEATRES

KING'S THEATRE.

A novel kind of matrimonial tangle forms the theme of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," a cleverly-constructed and cleverly-acted comedy of the sophisticated type, which is showing at the King's Theatre. It stars Robert Montgomery as Mr. Smith and Carole Lombard as Mrs. Smith, that is, until they discover that, through some unexpected geographical upset, that they haven't peen legally married at all for the past three years. Then there is only Mr. Smith; Mrs. Smith reverts to her maiden name, and Mr. Smith has to start wooing her all over again.

PLAZA THEATRE. Two of the most popular screen favourites of recent years, James Stewart and Paulette Goddard, are starred in "Pot o' Gold," a bright comedy now In its second week at the Plaza Theatre. Well remembered for his successes in "No Time for Comedy" and "Philadelphia Story." Stewart scores another big hit in his newest screen appearance as a small town music-shop proprietor who becomes involved* in a startling manner in the food manufacturing business in New York. - . • •

TUDOR THEATRE. Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier play the stellar roles in the great romance, "Lady Hamilten," now showing at the Tudor Theatre. The film unfolds one of the most stirring and unforgettable love stories of all time, the romance of. Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson The associate feature is "Girls Under 21," with Bruce Cabot and Rochelle Hudson.

STATE' THEATRE. ;-;',■ ■ : v -:- "Shipyard Sally" is the film in which Gracie Fields first sang one of her most popular songs, "Wish Me Luck" It is showing for a return season at the State Theatre Gracie is always at her best when she has a part set among the humbler people of Britain, and in "Shipyard Sally" she is the darling of the workers in the shipyards. The second picture, "Murder Among .Friends," tells at the adventures which befall ten. people who sign a strange pact. TIVOLI THEATRE. "The Road To 'Frisco," George Raft and Ann Sheridan; "Law and Disorder," Barry X Barnes and Diana Churchill