AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1940, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES, TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT. “WITHIN THE LAW.”

The modernised version of Bayard Veillcr’s magnilicent stage drama “Within Tiie Law.” The new picture retains all the powerful drama and vivid romance of the play but'is strictly up to the minute. Both Hussey is superb in the role of Mary Turner, | created on the stage by Jane Cowl. iTbm Neal has the male lead and a strong east includes Paul Kelly, Wil„liam Gargali' Paul Cavanagh, Rita Johhson, Saifiilcl ;S'. Hihds; Lynne Car- ' vcr,"Sidn(4 : Blkfc'lliiVefi, ■ Jo’ Anii Sayers : hiKl''A , iih l MbfHs^. l TUb"story is'the same 'buiTiiow ! ufn l iWdJs , 'iii’ 't'lie atmosphere of ffiodbrfi Mahhiittan. Mary Turiier a department store salcgif], is gaoled foi a theft she did not commit. She swears vengeance and studies law in prison. On gaining her freedom she joins a band of racketeers who prey on the store owner. She meets his son and the hoy falls in love with her. She even marries him, then discovers that she loves him. They are involved in a crime and the police are closing in. At the psychological moment the racketeer leader, . played by Kelly, steps in nnd assumes l the blame to save the boy. The moral now, as in 1912 when the play was produced on Broadway, is simply that crime doesn’t pay. “Within the Law”' is a first rate- picture, improved' Ov'eL the plav by its striking note of eonteinporary daring. mo ><((»■«! 1 Also showing “The Terrof, ! ” "t’lie"lit si' of all the Edgar Wallace- tbriHefsr ' fe: uring' Wilfrid Lawson, Arthur Wontner, and Linden Travers.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, “SECRET SERVICE OF THE AIR.” Hazardous and thrilling' adventures of the men of the United' States Secret Service will be dramatised in a new series of Warner Bros, pictures “Secret Service” adventures, starring Ronald Regan, which opens at the Princess Theatre on Wednesday. The pictures of this series will not only be exciting and interesting but there will be no question of the .authenticity. 0 f the incidents on which they are based, for'al] the plots will coine from material furnished bv W. H. Moran, former chief of the Secret Service.

REGENT THEATRE.

TO-NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

“THE GORILLA.” . AYhat happens when the Ritz Broi thers, as three half-wit ITawkshaws, art ' shoved on the trail of something bip 1 as a bull elephant-—and ten times a.nastv, is hilariously depicted in '“Th' Gorilla,” the 20th Centurv-Fox comedv thriller which is now showing at the Regent 'Theatre. Anita Louise, Patsv Lionel Atwil], Bela Lugosi. Joseph Cal lei a, Edward Norris and Wally Vernon head the topnoteh fun-aiid-fright supporting east provided bv Pro(luction Chief Darryl F. Zanuck. The action takes place in a' house that is a maze of, sliding panels.. The time is something close to midnight—in the midst of a raging thunderstorm. . The host, Lionel Atwill,' has just received a note from “The Gorilla” . threatening him with murder at midnight. Iftto this scene wander those super-detectives, Harrigan. Mulligan and Garritv—the Ritzes. of course—and from then on anything can happen—nnd it does! Here’s grand entertainment. Don’t miss it. It will scare you silly—with laughter. Excellent programme of short subjects.