AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22312, 23 April 1947, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

Majestic.—" The Sea Wolf” concludes tonight. To-morrow’s programme is headed by "Danger Signal.” This best seller by Phyllis Bottome is a Warner Bros, film hit now. With the screen's most talked-about new stars, Faye Emerson and Zachary Scott, it is a thrilling drama of unmatched conflict and unparalleled suspense. The associate feature, “My Name is Julia Ross,” stars Nina Foch and George McCready. , _ Kinug’s.—“The Southerner,’ the Jean Renoir production which opened yesterday at the King’s, is the story of a man who loved the earth with an intense devotion. L lanKen by his loyal and spirited little family, he struggled to make a living from the land, battling the elements with the courage that is born only of a sublime belief in an ideal and the determination to carry it to fulfilment. It is a story that never lets go of your heart. Regent.—“ Courage of Lassie concludes at the Regent to-day. A striking novelty in offpattern screen entertainment is Nunnally Johnson’s production, "The Dark Mirror, starring Olivia de Havilland and Lew Ayres, and which commences to-morrow. The pictuie remarkably works out a premise that supposedly identical twinß can be diametric opposites and builds exciting suspense in the process. Miss de Havilland plays the dual role of twin sistere, one of whom committed a murder. Her rich delineations of divergent characters qualifies her claim to Academy Award honours. ._ ... Repertory Society.— Terence Rattigan is Britain’s most successful modern playwright and his “While the Sun Shines is one of the only two really light comedies he has written. The other is "French Without Tears.” The Gisborne Repertory Society has chosen "While the Sun Shines for its next production, and rehearsals are we 1 advanced Willi a atrong cast to do justice to the author s most amusing play.