ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 106, 31 October 1942, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

PAKAMOUNT THEATRE. . The delightfully ever-green musical comedy "Lady Be Good," which has returned to the Paramount Theatre, loses nothing of its sparkle and. charm in. the screen version. Even though the producers have taken liberties with the original version, the substance is there, and it has been made a little more streamlined. A particularly strong cast, including Ann Sothern, Eleanor Powell, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Young, and John Carroll, carry the story on its sparkling way, and make it first-class entertainment. The singing of the play's catchy numbers is a feature, particularly Ann Sothern s rendering of the popular "The Last Time I Saw Paris." By way of contrast to the main picture, Gene Autry, the singing cowboy, provides some hard-boiled heroics and tuneful interludes in the "Yodelling Kid from Pine Ridge." STATE THEATRE. There is bright entertainment in the double-feature programme at the State Theatre.. "Blondie Goes to College" is another comedy of the Bumsteads— Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, and Larry Simms—this time when they go back to school and are out of their element except in the laughs they give at their own expense. Dagwood shines at nothing at college—study, baseball, football, or rowing—but succeeds where it matters most, as a good husband. "Alias Boston Blackie" is a successor of other Blackie features, with Chester Morris and Adele Mara in the leads. In this story the complications are extraordinary, for Blackie is involved in a murder and in a gaolbreak that had nothing to do with him, and there is mystery and excitement until the plot is straightened out in an unusual and ingenious way. There is also a Charlie McCarthy short with plenty of laughs in it. TIVOLI THEATRE.' "Call Out the Marines," starring Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe, heads the bill at the Tivoli Theatre. The associate film is a musical comedy "Two Latins From Manhattan," starring Joan Davis and Jinx Falkenburg. Tomorrow at the Tivoli two entertaining films will be shown. The main one will be "Something to Sing Aboutstarring. James Cagney and .Evelyn Daw, and the second "Frontier Town, vdth Tex Ritter. The Regimental Pipes and Drums Band (City of Wellington's Own) will share in the proceeds of the Sunday screenings. DE LUXE THEATRE.. Those who are looking for sensation in their film fare will find the current programme at the De Luxe Theatre to their taste, "Out- of the Fog, the main feature, being exciting enough to stir the most jaded of patrons. The scene is laid in waterfront haunis, cabarets, and such like places, and the characters are mostly people whom one would not like to meet in the dark, or even in daylight for that matter. Ida Lupino and John Garfield are the two main stars, and they receive able support from John Qualen, Leo Gorcey. Thomas Mitchell, Eddie Albert, George Tobias, and Jerome Cowan. "Snuffy Smith, Yard Bird," featuring Bud Duncan and Edgar Kennedy, provides hilarious relief to the main feature, and there is also on the programme "The Death Plunge," which is a further, chapter in the current serial. ST. JAMES THEATRE. . "Reap the Wild Wind." Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, John Wayne. Jf •-' ■•■ KING'S "THEATRTE.- '' - • "South American George," George Formby at his best. PRINCESS'THEATRE. "One of Our Aircraft is Missing," "The Man With Two Lives," Edward Norris. TUDOR THEATRE. "The Hurricane," Dorothy Lamour; "Raffles," David Niven, Olivia de Havilland. OPERA HOUSE. "Tuttles of Tahiti," Charles Laughton, Jon Hall, Peggy Wood. TIME THEATRE. "Hudson's Bay," Paul Muni, Gene Tierney; "Black Dragons," "The Fatal Plunge." roxy theatre: "Ziegfeld Girl," a musical extravaganza; "The Girl from Alaska," Ray Middleton, Jean Parker. PLAZA THEATRE. "Twin Beds," George Brent, Joan Bennett, Mischa Aver. MAJESTIC 'THEATRE. "Blossoms in the Dust," Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon. SUBURBAN THEATRES. Rivoli (Newtown).—"The Fleet's In," Dorothy Lamour, William Holden; "Sing For Your Supper," Jinx Falkenburg, Charles Rogers. \ Kinema (Kilbirnie).—"The Bugle Sounds," Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main; "The Black Sheep of Whitehall," Will Hay. Capitol (Miramar) .—"Ships With Wings," John Clements, Leslie Banks; "Mr. Bug Comes to Town," full-length cartoon musical. Vogue (Brooklyn).—"Turned Out Nice Again," George Formby, Peggy Bryan; "Rise and Shine," Jack Oakie. Linda Darnell. Empire (Island Bay).—"Dangerous Moonlight," Anton Walbrook. Sally Gray; "Blue, White, and Perfect." Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes. Regal (Karori) .—"Design for Scandal," Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon; "Keep 'Em Flying," Bud Abbott. Lou Costello. King George (Lower Hutt). —"A Yank in the R.A.F.," Tyrone Power. Betty Grable. De Luxe (Lower Hutt). —"Tarzan's Secret Treasure," Johnny Weissmuller. Maureen O'Sullivan; "Henry Aldrich For President," the Aldrich Family. Ascot (Newtown). —"Back Street." Margare Sullavan, Charles Boyer; "River's End," Dennis Morgan, George Tobias. Seaside (Lyall Bay).—"Quiet Wedding," Margaret Lqckwood, Derek Farr: "Power Dive," Richard Arlen, Jean Parker. Prince Edward (Woburn). —"Caught in the Draft," Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour; "What's Cookin'," Andrews Palace (Petone).—-"The . Man Who Returned to Life," John Howard, Lucille. Fairbanks, Ruth Ford; "Henry and Dizzy."

. State (Petone).—"My Wife's Family." Charles Clapham, John Warwick, and Patricia Roc.