KING GEORGE THEATRE

Hutt News, Volume 16, Issue 5, 1 July 1942, Page 2

KING GEORGE THEATRE

Patrons of the King George Theatre speak highly of the new heating" system which now enables them to see all the good fare provided, with the utmost comfort. The coming attractions are well up to the mark and the usual fine array of short subjects will also be sli own. On Wednesday and Thursday of this week will be screened for a return visit: the famous British Navy film "Convoy." This picture brings to the screen with vivid realism the work of the Navy in convoying merchant vessels in wartime and the war at sea generally. With the cooperation of the Admiralty authentic shots of battleships with convoys and the Navy in action are shown, and these inci-l dents are knit together by an ade-! quale story with good human angles. The episodes illustrating British heroism, bulldog tenacity, humour and coolness in the face of danger, are heartwarming. On Friday for three (lays and one| Matinee, that terrific success "Keepl 'Em Flying" will be screened, featur ing those mirth provoking couple Bud Abbott and Lou Costeilo. Although each successive Abbott and Costeilo screen, vehicle has set, new box office marks "Keep 'Em Flying," which is backgrounded against Uncle Sam's drive for world air supremacy, appears destined to establish still higher attendance figures. In addition to the array of stellar personalities, it boasts of a banner supporting cast including Charles Lang and William Davidson j Abbott and Costeilo portray air school "grease monkeys," while Misses Raye and Bruce are seen as USO clubhouse hostesses. ##" • * DE LUXE THEATRE Two attractions now showing at the De Luxe Theatre are J. Edward Bromberg and Osa Massen in "The Devil Pays Off" and Jean Hersholt as Dr. Christian in the latest of the Dr. Christian series "Remedy for

Riches." Alh.'O showing- is Ep. 12 of

"Mysterious Dr. Satan." COJIMICNOIXW FKIDAY "Old Hill" Breezy Entertainment Soaked in the spirit and humour which carries British soldiers through war's difficult situations and freely embroidered; with all .sorts of behind-the-lines activity, "Old liill and Son," w ( hich stars Bruce Bairnsl'ather's world famous character, Old Bill vylll be screened at the De Luxe Theatre commencing Friday night. ! Not just another war picture supercharged with guns and shells, this gets off the beaten tracitlßiU presents the human side of war; it takes you into the private life of the British soldier before he is called up; shows you how war* affects him —aiid his wife and fam-ily-—takes you'' to France with liim. •It shjpVs you the scenes in the estascrounging for food and I the |Hpudly bickering <Vver girls and 'aßlntensely raid on aWerman positiOslWo&ns one of the most exc-iti rrg--gs possible. Based on a popuMr best-seller ■novetyf*'Mercy the second attraction, with Ray fiddle ton and Gloria. Dickson headfig the cast. The story moves rapi»y through a series of drama-fraught «•*<•••, when five people are nftrooned on a sultry mosquito a.ndf. -alligator-in-fested island. Y- # # * PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE.

THURSDAY and FRIDAY Dead men tell no tales. But that was before movie magic was invented. In Paramounts thrilling westerner. "The Parson of Panamint," a California "ghost town" re-lives its past. Gamblers, sinners and heroes return from the past to tell their tales and once again bite the dust cinematically. The moral of their story is the result of some hair-raising adventures that will meet the approval of the most red-blooded wide open-spacer. AND "Mystery and adventure in the desert wastelands of Arabia provide the keynote of "Raiders of the Desert" with Richard Alien and Andy Devine. SATURDAY and MONDAY Comedy intermingled with romantric intrigue is the high-light of Universal's "Hired Wife," which costars Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne and Virginia Bruce. Especially designed for the three stars, this picture is crammed with unusual and unconventional situations. AND George Form by's famous catch'Its Turned out Nice Again' and title of his new, last-paced fun spectacle. TUESDAY AND WIOD.VIOSDAY "The I'liwcr ami (he Glory" was written, produced and directed by Mr. Noel I\l on U man. It tells Hie exciting story of an elderly Czech scientist who with his daughter is being forced to remain in occupied Czechoslovakia in order to work for the Nazi war machine. With the hell) of a, young Australian they manage to escape lo Australia where, the professor resumes hi:; experiments. From this point, all the scenes are filmed in Australia, and the story does not relent its gripping intensity for a single moment. AND " Double-Crossed" is the .story of Barry Scott, Federal Agent, played by Charles Farrell.