CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 51, 28 August 1941, Page 12

CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE. The Majestic Theatre will show "Third Finger, Right Hand" finally tonight. "Little Nellie Kelly," starring Judy Garland, opens tomorrow. REGENT THEATRE. "I Wanted Wings," which is in its second week at the Regent Theatre, is a chapter oul ot the life ol an Ameri can pilot-trainee and tron. the time the pilot starts his first solo flight in the sleek little two-seater trainers at Randolph Field—where incidentally some of the RAF pilots art being j trained--to the time he takes the con- ! fxols of a giant four-engined flying for- , tress, the picture is full of action ana excitement The featured players- are; Ray Milland, William Hqlden and' Wayne Morris, as the trainees and Brian Donlevy as the instructor. OPERA HOUSE. "Maytime," starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, concludes tonight at the Opera House. EEX THEATRE. "Heart of the North," Dick Foran and Gloria Dickson; "Wine, Women, and Horses," Ann Sheridan and Barton Mac Lane.

CITY AND SUBURBAN THEATRES

STATE THEATRE. It is just as well, for the good' of society, that men like "The Lone Wolf do not happen very often, because apoplexy spoils the efficiency of the best of police chiefs. Inspector Cx-ane's blood-pressure is almost astronomic after his latest session with the Wolf, who, in "The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance," at the State Theatre, is at his superb best. The role fits Warren William like a glove, just as snugly as trouble fits the character. He does not actually do anything very wrong, but the circumstances in which he does it lead the police a dance that is super-charged ragtime. He is almost arrested for stealing a pearl necklace and being found in a patent burglar trap at a Bank, and when his innocence is shown the inspector bets him two months' wages that he cannot keep out of trouble for twenty-four hours. That period is spiced with a murder, thrilling chases, crimes on a train, and all the best trimmings. June Stortey, Henry Wilcoxon, and Eric Blore are in support of William. "Two Gun Law," with Charles Starrett, the supporting feature, is a rousing "Western," and Buster Keaton rounds off the programme with a droll comedy. KING'S THEATRE. Harmless little Topper runs into more trouble than ever in the latest of this series of pictures. "Topper Returns," which is showing at the King's Theatre. In this picture the producers have combined a first-class murder mystery with pure farce, and the result is extremely pleasing Roland Young plays the name part, and this time the shadowy damsel in distress is Joan Blondell. The whole scene takes place in a sinister house where everything that isn't supposed to opens and shuts with weird regularity. TUDOR THEATRE. "Lady Hamilton," Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier; 'The Face Behind the Mask.1' Peter Lorre PLAZA THEATRE. The Piaza Theatre will show "The Great American Broadcast" for the last time tonight. "Major Barbara," starring Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, and Robert Morley, opens tomorrow. ST. JAMES THEATRE. A picture that has been described as the gayest, maddest piece of fun ) to come out of Hollywood in a long time is Republic's "Sis Hopkins," starring Judy Canova. affectionately known as "The Scatterbrain Girl." "Sis Hopkins," which is showing at the St. James Theatre, is not only the title of a remarkably popular stage comedy that has delighted American audiences for years. It is the name of a delightfully human girl, awkward, home-spun, but nevertheless intensely sincere, a girl who has won a place deep in the affections of millions of people. TWOLI THEATRE. "The Circus" and "Hullabaloo" conclude tonight at the Tivoli. \ "A Little Bit of Heaven," starring Gloria Jean, and "On Dress Parade," with the "Dead End Kids," open tomorrow. DE LUXE THEATRE. "The Black Cat" and "Carolina Moon" conclude tonight at the De L(uxe Theatre. "The Monster ' and the Girl" and "Power Dive" open tomorrow. . PARAMOUNT THEATRE. "Magic in Music" and "Mutiny in the Arctic" conclude tonight at the Paramount Theatre. "Santa Fe Trail," starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. opens tomorrow. PRINCESS THEATRE. "The Housemaster" and "East of the River" conclude tonight at the Princess Theatre. "Magic In Music," starring Susanna Foster, Allan Jones, and Margaret Lindsay, and "A Dispatch from Reuters," with Edward G. Robinson, open tomorrow. SUBtJKBAM THEATRES. State (Petone).—"The Bluebird." ; Shirley Temple. Regal (Karori).~"Bulldog Drummond Sees it Through," Jack Buchanan, Greta . Gynt; "Sergeant Murphy," Ronald Reagan, Mary MacGuire. Ascot (Newtown) .—"Gallant Sons," Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville; "Each Dawn I Die." James Cagney, George Raft. Kinema (Kilbirnie).—"Pinocchio"; 'Escape to Paradise," Bobby Breen. Kent Taylor Empire (Island Bay). — "Strange Cargo," Joan Crawford, Clark Gable; I "The Great Plane Robbery," Jack Holt. j Rivoli (Newtown).—"A Little Bit of I Heaven," Gloria Jean; "Saloon Bar." ! Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan. i Capitol (Miramar) — "Maryland," John Payne, Brenda Joyce; "All at Sea," Sandy Powell. Vogue (Brooklyn/ .—"The Great Dictator," Charlie Chaplin. King George (Lower Hutt).—"Lucky Partners," Ronald Colman. Ginger Rogers. ! De Luxe (Lower Hutt). —"Letter of Introduction," Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds; "Devil on Horseback," Lili Damita, Del Campo. Palace (Petone). —"Love Finds Andy Hardy"; "The Penalty," Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, and Marsha Hunt. Grand (Petone).—"Ellery Queen, Master Detective"; "Room for Two," Vie Oliver and Frances Day. Prince Edward (Woburn).—"Santa Fe Marshal," William Bqyd; "Parole Fixer," William Henry, Virginia Dale.