AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23218, 1 April 1950, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

Majestic.—Comedy and music have been added to the tense theme of an outdoor drama 'in “The Gal Who Took the West” and the net result is a very enjoyable motion picture. The Teehnicolour drama stars Yvonne De Carlo, Charles Coburn, Scott Brady and John Russell. The latter two he-men carry the action. Yvonne and Coburn handle the comedy. Miss De Carlo proves a smart and entertaining comedienne, easily keeping pace with the veteran Coburn in sparkling laughs. Kings.—The new Ealing Studios' production, “Kind Hearts and Coronets.” is a gay, extravagant murder-comedy. It tells the story jf an embittered young man who decides to kill eight relatives in order to inherit a dukedom One by one the victims are liquidated, and the charming murderer marries the lovely widow of one of them. In the ena he is brought to trial for a murder. Which one? Well you must go and find out. Denis Price, Valerie Hobson and Joan Greenwood give excellent performances and Alec Guinness brilliantly plays eight parts—a unique achievement. Regent.—“ Sons of Matthew,” now at the Regent Theatre, is one of the more solid achievements in picture making in Australia. The picture will hold the attention of audiences. Young settlers, sons of pioneer Matthew O’Riordan, four hefty young fellows, on their father's advice, take up a block of primitive country on a remote Queensland plateau, and transform it into a modern farm. Each of the characters becomes strongly individualised as the film proceeds, until one almost, shares the O’Riordan’s troubles. Scenically, too, the picture is a triumph.