AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23083, 22 October 1949, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

Majestic.—“Good*' always wins over “evil”—if it swings a harder list! That’s why Stephen McNally backs up reason with toughness in dealing with gangs of juvenile hoodlums in Universal-International'* “City Across the River,” which concludes tonight. The new holiday programme for Monday is headed by the exciting action picture “Arctic Manhunt,” starring Mikt.-l Conrad and Caro! Thurston, King's.—Latest in the long lino of wellbalanced screen menus from .Twentieth On* tury-Fox is the new Technicolour comedy. “The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend.” which stars Betty livable in the title vole and opened at the King’s Theatre yesterday. Mixing elements of a musical, a western and a comedy in generoua portions, the film cast? Betty G cable as a temperamental, triggerhappy heroine who gets ,herself in and out of trouble of ail kinds with the greatest of case. The vast, is headed by Cesar Romero. Kudy Vailee and Olga San Juan and include* Sterling Holloway, Hugh Herbert and E! Brondcl. Urgent.—“. Sorrowful Jones,” now showing at the Regent, has Bob Mope in the riotously funny role of a bookmaker. This Damon Runyon story gives him grand scope for his brilliant comedy work. Lucille Ball is the girl in Bob’s life and patrons will also meet for the first time the new child star • Mary Jane Saunders. The programme will he presented today and on Monday at 2. 5 and S p.m. and finally on Tuesday at - and S p.m.