AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23219, 3 April 1950, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS

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 enn he is brought to trial for a murder. Which one? Well you must go and find out. Penis Price, Valerie Hobson and Joan Greenwood give excellent performances and Alec Guinness brilliantly plays eight parts—a unique achievement. Regent "Sons of Matthew” concludes today at the Regent. Following the success of "Holiday Camp,” Gainsborough Studios decided to begin a series of films about an English family. "Here Come the Huggetts” is the first of the group, and it comes to the Regent tomorrow. The film presents several recognisable, natural and entertaining types. Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison are particularly good as Mr, and Mrs. Huggett. This is a film that the public will thoroughly enjoy. It is a heart-warming entertainment Majestic.—Comedy and music have been added to the tense theme of an outdoor drama ia "The Gal Who Took the NVest”_and the net result is a very enjoyable motion picture. The Technicolour drama stars Yvonne He Carlo, Charles Coburn, Scott Brady and John Russell. The latter two he-men carry the action. Yvonne and Coburn handle the comedy. Miss Do Carlo proves a smart and j entertaining eomedienne, easily keeping pace i with the veteran Coburn in sparkling laughs, j