PICTURE THEATRES

Evening Star, Issue 26001, 16 January 1947, Page 8

PICTURE THEATRES

GRAND. Death in the form of the plague stalks a small group of people in the new horror film, ‘ Isle of the Dead,’ starring Boris Karloff, which will head to-morrow’s new bill “at the Grand. In the role of a brilliant Greek general, lie leads the fight against the disease, hut when attacked by it himself he falls a victim to a hideous ancient superstition that convinces him that a lovely Greek girl is a vampire, and that it is his duty to kill her. Ellen Drew plays the’ heroine, cast romantically opposite Marc Cramer. The sup- '. porting picture is a romantic comedy with music, ‘ The Bamboo Blonde,’ starring Frances Langford in a gay, lighthearted adventure, in which she is wooed and won by a bomber pilot on a mirthful mission of Jove. Others in the cast with prominent roles are Ralph Edwards, Russell Wade, Richard Martin, Iris Adrian, Jane Greer, and Glenn Vernon. MAYFAIR. ‘ One Foot in., Heaven,’ starring Frederic March and Martha Scott, which was shown at the Mayfair yesterday, tells the story of a “ practical parson” and his family in the first part of the century. There is humour, warmth, and the spirit of abiding faith in the story of the man who served God nobly, with one foot in heaven and the other very solidly on the ground. Based on the novel by Hartzell Spence, the picture clearly demonstrates that romance, drama, and rich humour were integral parts of the Spence family, life. Besides the principais, the cast also includes Frankie Thomas, Elizabeth Fraser, Harry Davenport, and others. ‘Girl in the Case,’ featuring Edmund Lowe and Janis Carter, is .the: supporting picture.