DE LUXE THEATRE

Hutt News, Volume 13, Issue 41, 3 April 1940, Page 3

DE LUXE THEATRE

-How a. wife's mercenary,« n her husband restra&B hW Bp jiving htm his freedom sothltj nay marry the woman he TfUnjf oves is the thematic *Jame Only," the De Luxe Thiift*i'» titration on Saturday. Oitdlto Liorabard, Cary Grant and;" K*)r Francis are co-starred. An unusually absorbing st<fry-Of Modern marriage, "In Name :asts Grant and Miss Francis li tw iniapplly married pair, GrdWti •*# he son of a millionaire' real jperator and Mlsb Francis 4i: it ;horoughly selfish woman who marked him only for his prospects fetid lis social position. "BLACKWELL'S ISLAND." Also commencing at the Jse> Ltike Hieatre on Saturday next is "BlaCkivell's Island," Warner Bro|.' dymmic drama co-starring ;essful young leads in ''Pour Daughters" — John Garfield and Rosemary Lane. It is powerfuljen:ertainruent, fast-paced and convincing. , "BLONDLE MEETS THE BOS#" "Blondie Meets the Boss," tfedOnd in the series of Columbia's pictures based on the popular newai&frer comic strip, is now showing atthe De Luxe Theatre. . "BLIND ALLEY." , ' Piercing the til holy mysteries of a killer's gun-crazed miifdl Fbrclng a murderer to 'destroy himself . . . with horrors fromhls blood-stained ' patjt', if in ! bne of . the most unusual dramas, of suspenaeladen thrills the screen has e*er dared to reveal!. V.- >V; Columbia's ''Blind Alley" ifl also currently showing, at the De; Luie Theatre, with Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy and ( Ann Dvorak heading the brilliant qjj&it.' iT* v • KING GEOR&E NOW SHOWING : "GRANDAD RUDD" AND "OVER " SHE GOES." Laughter will hold sway at King George Theatre to-night, fttid to-morrow, when the management will present a revival of two grated hits of a short time ago. Helping the programme Is that gr|tf»d comedy "Grandad Rudd," which starß Bert Bailey (''Dad" to ybu) and Fred Mac Donald. No less amUfting is the associate feature, "Orer She Goes," with Stanley Luiil&o, droll and clever star of ''The &apibeth Walk/' again playing 'tiifoc with your funny-bone. V . "TARZAN FINDS A SON." Thrills, drama and tender romance, told amid the jungles \'Of Africa, will enthrall audiences at the King George Theatre where "Taj-tan Finds a- Son" commences there oh Friday, reuniting Johnny Welimuller and MaUreert O'Sulllvaii. A heW character comes to the screen in the fourth of the stories based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs characters in a "Tarzah Junior," played by by John Sheffield, amazing five-year-old athlete who played the boy 111 "On Borrowed JTime'" on the New York stage. • • • PRINCE EDWARD THEAT&E. - "THE LITTLE PRINCESS." In answer to thousands Of faquests from her fans, Darryl F. Zanuck presents Shirley Temple in technicolour in 'The Little PrlnCjßSi/ 20th Century-Fox's screen version of the famous classic, which opens at the Prince Edward Theatre; on Saturday. "The Little Princess, which'has been acclaimed not only Shirley's finest picture, but as one of the truly great films of all time, was directed by Walter Lang from a screen play by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris. Gene Markey was»associate producer. ' : < "PERSONS LY HIDING." J. Edgar Hoover, chief of America's Federal Bureau of Investigation (G-Men) ,haa another of his startling crime stopieif brought to' the screen—"Persor\s Hi l||dU»js' which Paramount will 4 £p local thrill fans next Thursday at 1 the Prince Edward Theatre. With Lynn4 Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish and William, Henry cast la leading roles, "Persons 'in Hiding" spotlights the fantastic' 'career pita beautiful young girl who Jolfla forces with a racketeer for thrills and a life of ldxury. "CLOUDS OVER EUROPE.", Hailed as one of the finest Brltiah films ever to be presented to Ne# Zealand audiences, "Clouds Over Europe" will be shown on Saturday and Monday at tile Prince Edward Theatre. "TROPIC FURY." It's a wild adventure, all the wfcjr, when Richard Arlen and his buddy, Andy Devine, start up the AmftlQO river to the Guamo country of the jungles in newest action drama, "Tropic Fury," comihfc 6n Thursday to the Prince Edward Theatre.