AMUSEMENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 7, 19 December 1932, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

con talkies, bastings. “CONGORILLA.” Th* most thrilling talking picture to com* out of the African jungle, with it* amazing close-up shots of the ferocious gorilla, it* remarkable photograph* of that grotesque race of people, the pygmies, and its blood-chilling, unadulterated screams and cries of the wildest denizens of the dark continent, j “Congorilla,” Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson’s new Fox production, is at the Cosy Talkies, Hastings. The scenes of the gorilla, in its native habitat, in the vast Alumbongo Mountain region of the Belgian Congo are the most hair-raising ever seen by this reviewer. The camera first picks up a pah of piercing eyes, leering menacingly out of the forest. Then a large hairy head appears, and accompanied by an ear-splitting scream, the monster charges the camera, to stop within a few feet of the very lens and rise up on his hind legs to his full neigu. MUNICIPAL THEATRE, HASTINGS. *‘THE TENDERFOOT.” Joe E. Brown, affectionately regarded as the current king of comedians, follow* up his “Fireman, Save My ChiW” success with “The Tenderfoot,” a First National picture which is at the Municipal Theatre, Hastings. In his latest, wide-mouthed Joe portray* a Texas rancher who comes to New York with the last of his money, which he intends to invest profitably so he can lift the mortgage on his ranch. Armed with his money and his sixshooters, Joe becomes involved with a theatrical producer, falls in love, buys a show which is a*failure, miraculouslv and unwittingly turns the show into a howling success, gets mixed - up with lawyers and ladies, eventually overcom ing all obstacles, lifting the mortgage and winning the gal. The producers'have given “The Tenderfoot” a more elaborate setting than any previous Joa E. Brown picture, with the result that, the combination of story, cast, direction and settings bring to the screen what has been hailed by metropolitan critics as one of the funniest films of *ll time, bringing new laurels to Brown’s successful record of hit after hit. ARCADIA TALKIES. HASTINGS. “JACK O’ LANTERN.” There Is something about a mystery drama that holds the attention of every meember of the family. It. invariably has some n-- ! —'l noint that finds root in ’ force-- ■* to linger on the mystery speeii-

late as to the solving of the crime until the very last, and then after a satisfactory denouncement we wend our way homewards satisfied that we have partaken of good entertainment. Such are some of the emotions that will affect patrons when they see the British Dominion film “Jack 0’ Lantern,” which shows tv-night at the Arcadia. Arthur Wontner, the well-remembered Sherlock Holmes of “The Sleeping Cardinal ’ ’ and “The Missing Rembrandt,’ ’ is in the stellar role. Supporting Arthur Wonter are Gordon Harker, Edmund Given, Jane Welsh and other notables of the British screen.

The story revolves around the strange and mysterious murders supposedly committed by a man who was legally declared to be hanged many years before the crimes were committed. For reserves ring phone 4336.