AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1938, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! “THE BIG SHOW” AND “NO IIME TO MARRY.” ‘•The Big Show” is the first picture to introduce to New Zealand audiences, Gene Autrey (pronounced Jeen Ortree) the singing cowboy sensation and the most popular star on the screen to-day. This will end at the Princess Theatre tp-nignt. Filmed against the oa kground of the Texas. Centennial Exhibition who was a cost of 25,000,000 ddllars;’'the picture gives Autry an outstandingly good opportunity io present severa.l new song hits in his inimitable style which has mado him the favourite of audiences all over the world. Numbers he sings in the picture are two new hits “Mad .About You” and ‘‘Lady Known As Lulu”, whilst he , also sings .the popular number “Old Faithful” and two comedy numbers “The Ma.rtins and the Coys'- and “The Wild and Woolly West.’’

If you can stop laughing long, ipnc enough to count them, you find six complete and live goats scampering through Columbia’s screamingly funny picture, “No Time to Marry,’’ showing to-night at the Princess Theatre. Things go so screwy and haywire a,t various points in the film that yog half extern the goats to bleat out a “hey, nanny v nanny!” and start doing the Big Apple. Perry Brown (Arlen), star report- ’ er on the Daily Bla.de, and Kay McGoowan (Miss Astor), leading sob-sister on the newspaper, are scheduled to gel ’ Christmas Eye. Two hours., before .the wedding the city editop, finds out .that Eleanor Winthrop (Miss i/aifu, Boston hbiress ; has disappeared., Pyryy refuses to, go out on the story. Then the managing editor summons him and orders the reporter to obtain two goa> c ic for . the managing editor’s son immediately, as they’re to be a Christmas present. Perry comically gets involved with the heiress 51 and together they go t goat-hunting. 1 ' - • i ? • *:

COMMENCING WEDNESDAY. i . .- —- ■? ... I “LLOYDS OF LONDON.” The love that changed the bonds of - empire is told wih dramatic . force in s the Twe/ntieth Century-Fox triumph, ■ “Lloyds of London,” coming to the Princess Theatre, with Madeleine Gar- . roll and Tyrone Power, in the leading romantic roles, acclaimed as the new j favourites of the screen. Freddie Bartholomew is starred with Madeleine ; Carroll and the year’s'most impressive cast features Sir Guy Standing, Tyrone Power C. Aubrey Smith and Virginia Field.’