AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22593, 23 March 1948, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

King’s.—“ Kiss of Death,” which will begin at tho King’s Theatre today, is hot melodrama of the type that Hollywood intends to discountenance. For example, the opening scene, which occurs during the teeming hours of Christmas shopping, is the hold-up by gunmen of a jewellery salon in the heart of New York. Nick Bianco (Victor Mature) is captured. A year later, in prison, he learns that his two children are in an orphanage and that his pals havo decamped with the loot that should have gone to hiß family. Nick decides to get even, and the story tells how the gang tried to trip Nick up. With Victor Mature are such good actors as Brian Donlevy and Coleen Gray. Regent.—Set against the glorious music of Schumann, Brahms and Liszt, M.G.M.’s exciting romance “Song of Love” is now showing at the Regent. This impressive production stars Katharine Hepburn and Paul Henveid os Clara and Robert Schuman and Robert Walker as their friend Johannes Brahms. The famous pianist and composer Franz Liszt is portrayed by Henry Daniel). Clarence Brown has given the production masterful direction, infusing the picture’s monumental musical score ns an integral part of the action itself and tracing Schumann’s career from his carefree attic honeymoon period to the gripping concert hall climax in which he loses his mind just as he is about to receive the recognition his genius cried for. Majestic.—“ Appointment With Crime,” the British thriller which heads today’s programme, has a West-End cast headed by William Hartnell, Robert Beatty and Joyce Howard. Outstanding in the featurettes is the film of Australia’s famous racehorse Bernhorough, which provides 12 minutes of absorbing interest for all horse lovers. Another item of interest, especially for those interested in surfing, is the sequence in the Cincsound News depicting Australia’s popular beaches with thrilling shots of surfers riding the breakers.