AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20140, 9 January 1940, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE MELTON DOUGLAS AND JOAN BLONDELL IN “GOOD GIRLS GO TO PARIS” A never-failing fund of humour ensures the success of “Good Girls Go To Paris,” an enjoyable comedy romance, which will commence a season at (he Regent Theatre to-day. The story is laid in an American college town and in New York. There should be no doubt of the appeal of the production, for a fast-moving' story is provided and this gives many opportunities for laughable divergences and the presentation of bright, modern dialogue. Two of. the most popular romantic players on the screen, Joan Blondell and Melvyn Douglas, are in the leading parts, and from the general quality of the other comedies in which they have appeared there can be no doubt of their ability to make the most of any opportunity for humour. The rest of the cast has been carefully chosen and includes Walter Connolly, Alan Curtis, Joan Perry, Alexander D’Arcy and Clarence Kolb.

—Friday: New Zealand and Australian Premiere of “Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever”—

The Regent Theatre has been selected by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Limited, for the New Zealand and Australian premiere of “Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever,” the best film of the Judge Hardy series, starring Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holder, Cecilia Parker, and Ann Rutherford. The box plan is now on view at the Regent Theatre and, judging from the many reservations already made, capacity houses are assured for the season. MAJESTIC THEATRE CHESTER MORRIS IN “BLIND ALLEY” AND “THE GAME THAT KILLS” In striking contrast to recent motion picture dramas, Columbia’s “Blind Alley,” which is now at the Majestic Theatre with Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy and Ann Dvorak, observes the traditional theatrical unities of continuous action—in lime, place and story. Confining its range of activity to approximately 12 hours —from dusk to dawn —a notorious killer invades the summer home of a psychologist for sanctuary, subjects his hosts to a reign of terror and is in turn subjected to a searching examination to be revealed to himself as it sickly, coward and not the powerful, feared public enemy he fondly imagines himself to be. “The Game Thai Kills” is a last-paced thriller dealing with something different in the world of sports. Ice hockey has been called by many the fastest game of them all . . . and just about the most dangerous. Here is a picture that brings all the action and thrills of a dozen hockey contests, combined with underworld intrigue and young romance. Charles Quigley draws -the most active role of his meteoric career. "The Game That Kills” brings to the screen the colourful setting of the ice rinks, championship hockey games, a baffling murder and a romance threatened by gambling racketeers. An abundance of thrills and spills feature the climax of the big game, and the unmasking of the sinister mobsters. An added attraction is the serial, “The Lone Ranger.” —Thursday: “Television Spy" and “Outlaws of the Prairie”— Commencing next Thursday Paramount will present the first television picture, “Television Spy,” with a cast of popular young players headed by William Henry, Judith Barrett and Anthony Quinn. “Television Spy” is startling motion picture fare, concerned with the international and romantic problems which will arise with the developments of long-distance television. The associate feature will be “Outlaws of the Prairie,” starring Charles Starett. KING’S THEATRE “THE REAL GLORY”: LAST DAY Samuel Goldwyn’s spectacular adventure story, “The Real Glory,” starring Gary Cooper, David Niven and Andrea Leeds, will have its final screening to-day at the King’s Theatre. —“News is Made at Night” and “Young Mr. Lincoln”: 'To-morrow — Good melodrama which contains quite a deal of smart comedy and is filled to the brim with exciting, fast going that sweeps you along with it from start to finish—such is “News is Made at Night,” which comes to the King’s Theatre to-morrow. Preston Foster is the editor of an influential news sheet, a hard-boiled, real heman with no desire to see skirts fluttering round his editorial domain. Paul Guilfoyle, supposed murderer, is to be executed, but Foster is sure he did not commit the crime, and because Lynn Bari is too well informed on the case, he has to shelve his determination not to employ women repbrters, and takes her on. By sabotage Foster holds up the execution, gains time for their investigations, and proves that the .real criminal is far from being Guilfoyle. Russell far from being Guilfoyle. The associate feature, “Young Mr. Lincoln,” depicts stirring incidents in the early life of Abraham Lincoln (Henry Fonda). Although the later political career of the great American is of much more interest in the United Stales than elsewhere, the story _of his early struggles as an earnest and quietlyhumorous young lawyer, as depicted in the film, is packed with enough human interest to guarantee the picture an ■ appreciative audience anywhere. WAIKOHU THEATRE, TE KARAKA On Wednesday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., —and also at Matawai on Friday—the film version of Mark Twain’s novel comes to Te Karaka, “Tom Sawyer, Detective,” is an excellent film for one and all. On Saturday the attraction will be the spy film “Mademoiselle Docteur,” with Dita Parlo, John Loder and Erich von Stroheim. There will be dancing until midnight.