AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22655, 4 June 1948, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

Regent.—Those favourite “highwaymen” aro on the move again. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, aided and abetted by Dorothy Lamour, have liit the road. This time its the

"Road to Rio,” which opens today at the Regent. On their previous "trips” to Singapore, Morocco, Zanzibar, and Utopia, these clowns have hit the high spots in wonderful fun and song, but this trek to South America even outdoes them. Its gags come thick and fast, the laughs are jußt one long continuous one, and the songs are more tuneful than ever.

Majestic.—Today's programme presents a well balanced double bill. “Thrill of Brazil” is a lavish South American fiesta of music, laughter and romance with a strong cast headed by Evelyn Keyes, Ann Miller, Keenan Wyne and the dancers Veloz and Yolanda. The associate thriller, "The Phantom Speaks," stars Richard Arlen, Lynne Roberts and Stanley Ridges. Episode 12 of the serial opens the sessions at 1.45 and 7.30.

King's.—Starring Margaret Lockwood with Patricia Roc and Dennis Trice, J, Arthur Rank's Technlcolour film. “Jassy,” opens today. Margaret Lockwood is the daughter of a gipsy who marries to recover for a friend his ancestral seat. In the book Jassy was hanged for a murder she did not commit, but in the film she is tried, found guilty, but not hanged, ns her dumb servant confesses to the crime herself. As the lawyer says, the recovery of her voice at so convenient a point (except for the dumb girl) is surely a miracle. Miss Lockwood has much the same role as the "Wicked Lady," but in a slightly different way.