DE LUXE

Hutt News, Volume 13, Issue 24, 22 November 1939, Page 3

DE LUXE

.. "MIT BILL" Heralded as giving Kay Francis the most human appealing rol6 in her career, the Warner Bros, picture "My Bill," based on Tom Btage play, "Courage," opens at the De Luie Theatre on Saturday With a cast that also includes Bonlta Granville, Anita Louise, Bobby Jordan, John Litel, and Dickie Moore. "FIVE OF A KIND" The Quins have grown considerably since their last picture and have acquired some amazing new talents. Accordingly the most interesting contribution to this him record will be the print of "five of a Kind," for this picture, acclaimed their best, shows the Quins displaying real versatility and each expressing a different personality. The story of "Five of a Kind," c 20th Century-Fox picture, opens on Friday at the De Luxe Theatre. "ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE" Tyrone Power and . Alice Faye, the romantic stars of "Alexander's Ragtime Band," are joined by the inmitable A 1 Jolson, singing again the songs he made great, in "Rose of Washington Square." The beloved hit tunes of the past have been used to tell the story of a woman who loved as some women can in this 20th Century-Fox film, with Darryl F. Zanuck in charge of production, coming to the De Luxe Theatre on Saturday. "INVITATION ,TO HAPPINESS" Women will take it close to their hearts, and men will- remember it, for "Invitation to Happiness," now showing at the De Luxe Theatre, is a drama which presents an emotional problem that might develop in the lives of any couple. It is the story of a prize fighter who marries a society girl. Determined to become champion, his work takes him away from his wife. She is unhappy, but realises that it is the only work he knows " how to do. While he is away barnstorming around the fight circuit, a son is born to them. Heartbreak is hers, but when he comes to her, she forgives him. The boy grows up to hate his father because he knows •his mother is unhappy. Their groping, their efforts to understand each other make this picture one of the best dramas of the year. Irene Dunne and Fred Mac Murray are co-starred as the young couple, and Billy Cook plays the role of the son. Charles Ruggles, William Collier, senr. , and Marion Martin are in the supporting cast. PRINCE EDWARD "BREAK THE NEWS" With the presence in the cast of two such widely popular comedians as Jack Buchanan and Maurice Chevalier, one is entitled to expect an entertainment out of the common, especially as the stars are directed by none other than Rene Clair. This expectation bears abundant fruit in "Break the News." "THEY MADE HER A SPY" How a spy ring is organised and operated, with its head men unknown to the rank and file of agents working for it: how these agents are checked and observed by other agents to prevent doublecrossing are subjects thrillingly disclosed in RKO Radio's "They Made Her a Spy," featuring Sally Eilers and Allan Lane, and showing at the Prince Edward Theatre.

Here is a thrillef of thrillerß— more - exciting and ghastly than all of Hollywood's "Frankensteins" and "King Koiigs" rolled into one —the authentic record of Commander George M. Dyott's encounters with savage head hunters in tbß wilderness df Ecuador. ''YOU CAN'T OfIBAT AN HOKJ r MAN" „■/_ Explosive laughter! bursting through the exciting story of a crack-pot family with v plenty of screws - loose! Between hysterical gasps you'll thrill to one of the most touching stories ever to reach ' the* screen. Introducing the one and only Charlie McCarthy, now appearing with W. C. Fields and Edgar Bergen in Universale "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man," which opens at .. the Prince Edward Theatre on Sat- , urday. "THE LADY VANISHES" Based on Ethel Lina White's best seller, "The Wheel Spfns," the film introduces two teams —one romantic, one comic, played respectively by Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrove and Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford. Much of the action takes place on a transcontinental express. It shares the distinction of being regarded by the American critics as one of the best pictures of the year! A British triumph. KING GEORGE "SOUTH RIDING" Making a screen come-back, Edna Best, the brilliant stage and screen actress, gives a delightful performance in the latest London Films' production, "South Riding,"- which is at the King George Theatre tonight and to-morrow. Miss Best commenced her highly successful career on the stage at Southampton and from there graduated to the London theatre. "South Riding," Miss Best's latest starring vehicle, is the screen version of Winifred Holtby's bestselling novel. The story deals with the corrupt council of a small Yorkshire town and the efforts of the local squire and schoolmistress in trying to unravel this tangle of local politics. Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, and Edmund Gwen fill the remaining starring roles in "South Riu ing," which was produced by Alexander Korda and Victor Saville. "UNION PACIFIC" A star-packed cast topped by Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea, the heroic story of the building of America's first transcontinental railroad and some of the biggest epic scenes Cecil B. De Mille has ever filmed combine to make C.B.'s newest offering, "Union Pacific," one of the most impressive works of many a season. Paramount will give it its first local showing at the King George Theatre on Friday. The two principals of the story, played to perfection by Miss Stanwyck and McCrea, are Mollie Monahau and Jeff Butler: she the lusty, joyous daughter of a "U.P." engineer and the mascot of the rail-road-builders, he a handsome trouble-shooter sent out by Washington when the trouble-makers threaten the construction of the road. Their whirlwind romance is in keeping- with the mad pace of , the times in which it took place. As a special added feature, the King George Theatre will also present Max Fleischer's latest supercartoon, a full technicolour, doublelength "Popeye the Sailor" film entitled "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp."