AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1940, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT, SATURDAY-M ATINEE , AND NIGHT. ; ill '" r “BABES IN ARMS.’’ ; 10 i r ] mi.? - Based, on one of the most, suecessni Broadway musical,, hits of the Tallinn composer-author .team of Rodgers* am , Hart, embellished by additional. hum bers by some of Holly wood’s] J'o.rCmos s musical writers, “Babes do. Arms’ 5 brings Mickey lioonoy undo Judy : Gar iy land together as a co-star,ring .team fo y the, first time, it is their first!, piptur s together since the sensationally, success 5. ful “Love Finds Andy Hardy.’’hhßalie s _ in Arms’’ is one of those stories tha 7 falls naturally into the musical cate i. gory of screen entertainment!’ It ha ip abundant opportunity for music, sonj and dancing, logically fitted into i plot that is filled with pathos, comedy and at times, real drama. Set in tin period that marked the passing of van deville, it tells of the brave attemp of a group of former headliners'to res « cue tlierr (fleeting fame .laitd fortune P with a comeback tour, and the cojuiip 1 to their rescue of their talented child ryu, boys and girls born to the stage Familiar with the- modern trend, the; stage a show of their own when ithe] " are not faced with being committed t< the state farm because they are no 6 being eared for properly. Their slum attracts the attention of a produce ] and they land in a big Broadway revue “Babes in Arms’’ literally is the bean t of Broadway, its love of the theatre its courage, its laughter find its tears There nevor was a story written thai , lent itself more naturally to musica , entertainment.