AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 March 1940, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT AND THURSDAY. “SECRET OF THE AIR.” Hazardous and thrilling adventures of the .men of the. United States Sec rex, Service will be dramatised in a new series of Warner Bios, pictures “Secret ■ Service Adventures,” starring Ronald Reagan, which is now showing at the Princess Theatre. The . lead-off film is | “Secret Services of the Air.”, The pifittores of this series will not.,qnly,tbq exciting and interesting b.pfc there ,w,i1,l •be no question of the ifqtlyentiejty of the incidents on wluch i they ■fip ! ;l>tts<?d', for all the .plots wilfiCpipe ,frojn,|niatc;ri-f ial furnished by W. H., Moran, former chief of the Secret Service. “Secret Service of the Air” is concerned main- ' ly with breaking up of. a gang which lias been smuggling aliens into the United States by air. It i§ for this spec- • ific task that Reagan, who has been working as a pilot of China Clippers, is asked to join the service by a friend, played by John Lite!, who is an official of the service. He spends some time as a supposed convict in jail to gain information from a suspected member of a smuggling ring, and on the basis of what he learns gets a job as a pilot

of the apparently respectable air serj vice which is lised by the smugglers. | Just as he is about to conclude his mission successfully, his real identity is learned : by the smugglers and he has to put up ‘a successful battle for his , life before he can turn his prisoners J and his evidence over to his superiors. I Aside from Reagan and Litel, others prominent in the cast include Ua Rhodes, James Stephenson, Eddie Foy, jr.. Rosella Towne, Anthony Averill and Bernard Nedell. Also Oinesoun’d News, cartoon, musical revue, comedy. REGENT THEATRE. TO-NIGHT AND THURSDAY. “THE MAGNIFICENT FRAUD/’ , Akim Tamiroff has the most dramatic role of his career—that of a dictator- | actor, Lloyd Nolan is cast as a reckless, romantic American adventurer who pulls ‘ strings for the dictator, Mary Boland plays the ex-darling of the dictator, Patricia Morison provides romantic interest opposite Nolan and George Zucco. plays an ardent patriot in Paramount’s daring new drama, “The Magnificent Fraud,” now showing at the Regent Theatre, an explosive story of political intrigue in a my- , thical South American country. The punch-packed story tells how Nolan .dares to substitute an actor (Tamiroff) ; for the murdered dictator of the country. (Tamiroff) because lie realises that a loan needed to put the country on its feet hangs in the balance! Woven into the timely dramatic aspects of the story are moments of fervent romance involving Patricia Morison and Lloyd Nolan, Steffi Duna, of the supporting cast, adds an exciting note with her | fiery dancing, while Ernest Cossart [ plays an important supporting role as

a .French detective. Associate shorts include, Paramount Overseas News! Fox Australian News! “Watch Your Step,” Foortlight! Pictorial, Novelty! “Sweet Moments/’ Headliner!' “Hello How Am I’/ Popeye cartoon.