ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 64, 12 September 1942, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

STATE THEATRE. Another well-balanced programme is provided by the change at the State Theatre. The main picture is "Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring," with Ralph Bellamy, supported by Margaret Lindsay, playing the name part. The story is as exciting as its title indicates, but instead ot the orthodox single crime, Queen in this instance is called upon to face three corpses before he iinds the solution. For those who like their thrills in large doses this is a first-rate picture. The lighter side is well done, and affords nicelytimed relief to the more grim sequences. The supporting picture is a bright number, "Sing for Your Supper," featuring Jin Falkenburg, a young lady with a voice and personality, who rollicks her way through the piece in a highly entertaining manner. PARAMOUNT THEATRE. Those who revel in Western comedies, particularly the musical typ^e— afloat on horseback in the moonlight —will appreciate the "Western Whoopee Week" at the Paramount Theatre. "Ride 'Em Cowboy" features the inimitable Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in a series of hilarious and amazing hairbreadth escapes from dangers which exist chiefly in their imaginations. The risky lengths to which they go arise from evading the saturnine humours of a band of Indians on a dude ranch. The hero, "Bronco Bob," is merely a stalking horse for humorists, but in the end he proves that he can ride. Big rodeos and plenty of music fill in what empty spots there are in the wide open spaces. "Under Fiesta Stars," with Gene Autry discomfiting a gang which tries to wreck a mine crook lawyer's covet, is the supporting film. There is also a Walt Disney cartoon. TIVOLI THEATRE. Clark Gable and Lana Turner are teamed for the first time in "Hqnky Tonk," which is showing at the Tivoli Theatre. Gable plays the role of a two-fisted ingratiating card sharp in a gaudy gold camp, while Miss Turner appears as a prim Boston school teacher who came West to find her father, but instead discovered perilous adventure and romance. The associate film is "Joan of Paris," starring Michele Morgan and Paul Henreid. DE LUXE THEATRE. Those who like thrills and sensations have their tastes amply catered for in. the new programme at the De Luxe Theatre. First and foremost is "The Panther's Claw," a murder mystery spiced with humour. The slayer's visiting card is the imprint of that jungle beast's claws, but all his ingenuity in planning what was intended to be the perfect crime goes for naught owing to a tell-tale button. Stars in this pro r duction include Sidney Blackmer, Byron Foulger, Herbert Rawlinson. and Lynn Star. A further episode in "Don Winslow of the Navy" is entitled "Bombed by the Enemy,'" and in this there is no falling off in the excitement and sensation which characterised the previous chapters of this serial. Something of a contrast is provided by "Sweater Girl," a bright and breezy campus mystery musical which stars Eddie Bracken and Betty Jane Rhodes. This will be found highly entertaining fare. PLAZA THEATRE. "A Date with the Falcon" (George Sanders, Wenby Barrie, Allen Jenkins); Walt Disney's "A Gentleman's Gentleman," etc. KING'S THEATRE. "To the Shores of Tripoli" (John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly). ST. JAMES THEATRE. "Ships With Wings" (John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter, Ann Todd). MAJESTIC THEATRE. "We Were Dancing" (Norma Shearer, Mervyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Lee Bowman). TIME THEATRE. "Money and the Woman" (John Litel, Lee Patrick); "Stick to Your Guns" (Hopalong Cassidy). PRINCESS THEATRE. "Bahama Passage" (Madeleine Carroll, Stirling Hayden); "Red River Valley" (Roy Rogers). ROXY THEATRE. "Flight Command" (Robert Taylor, Walter Pidgeon, etc.): "Don't' Get Personal" (Hugh Herbert, Mischa Aver). TUDOR THEATRE. "No Greater Sin" (Leon Ames, Luana Walters); "Algiers" (Charles Boyer). OPERA HOUSE. "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" (Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone). SUBURBAN THEATRES. Kinema (Kilbirnie). —"Shadow of the Thin Man," William Powell, Myrna Loy; "Melody for Three," Jean Hersholt. Capitol (Miramar).--"Paris Calling," Elizabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott; "Bowery Blitzkreig," the East Side 2ads. Vogue (Brooklyn).—"Ziegfeld Girl," Judy Garland, James Stewart. Empire (Island Bay).—"America at War"; "Hellzapoppin," "Tough As They Come," Dead End Kids. Regal (Karori).—"Paris Calling," Elizabeth Bergner, Basil Rathbone; "One Night in Lisbon," Madeleine Carroll, Fred Mac Murray. King George (Lower Hutt) .—"Suspicion," Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine. De Luxe (Lower Hutt).—"Sailors on Leave," William. Lundigan, Shirley Ross; "Unseen Enemy," Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine. Ascot (Newtown). —"Two Faced Woman," Melvyn Douglas, Greta Garbo; "The Big Guy," Victor McLaglen, Jackie Cooper. Seaside (Lyall Bay).—"My Love Came Back," Olivia de Havilland. Jeffrey Lynn; "Magic in Music," Susannah Foster, Allan Jones. Prince Edward (Woburn). —"Louisiana Purchase," Bob Hope, Vera Zorina; "Torpedo Boat," Richard Arlen, Jean Parker. Palace (Petoile). —"She Knew All'the Answers," Joan Bennett, Franchot Tone; "Drums of the Congo," Ona Munson, Stuart Erwin. State (Petone). —"Smilin' Through," Jeajiette Mac Donald, Brian Aherne. Khandallah. — "Appointment for Love," Chas. Boyer, Margaret Sullavan; "Give- Us Wings," Victor Jory, Anne Gwynne, Wallace Fox. Ngaio.—"The Ghost Comes Home," Frank Morgan, Billie Burke; "It All Came True," Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn. Humphrey .Bogart.