ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

MAYFAIR THEATRE. THE WEINTRAUBS. Palmerston North audiences will be afforded an opportunity of hearing those famous talouted musicians, Tho Weintraubs, as they are appearing at tho Mayfair Theatre for a three nights’ season commencing to-night. It is impossible to compare the Wointraubs with any otherbody of artists. They do everything, sinf, dance, croon, clown, harmonise, and play a woird and wonderful variety of musical instruments —some 45 all told. Tho Wointraubs have simply taken Europe, America, Australia, and now New Zealand, by storm, and are without doubt the most melodious show that ever thrilled any audience. Patrons are asked to note the booking arrangements for this attraction, and the box plans are now open at the hooking office in Collinson ami Cunningliamo’s. In addition to tho above, the first half of the programme will introduce to tho screen Universal’s thrilling spy story, “Tho Spy Ring.” Those who like spy stories —and who doesn’t ?—will find “TileSpy Ring” a completely thrilling and entertaining experience. The story purports to give the inside of the activities of a group of international agont« and was written by George Waggner, . to whom a lot of very good stories coming out of Hollywood have been attributed. The cast which Universal chose to portray these inside activities does well indeed by Waggner’s story, under tho direction of Joseph 11. Lewis. The crooks and tho honest folk in the story are well balanced nnd the suspense of the determined effort by the international spy ring, to acquire the hero’s invention, which looks harmless enough and its harmless appearance affords practically tho only safety against tho determined onslaughts of I,con Allies, Roy Mason nnd Jane Carlcton, a beautiful blonde who apparently is assuming an alias for “The Spy Ring.” Another interesting thing about “The Spy Ring” is tho fact that it presents William Hall for the first time as a star. This tall, good looking actor fully justifies Universal’s effort- to star him, and a few more pictures as good as "The Spy Ring” will set him securely in the king row of Hollywood.

STATE THEATRE. “LOVE UNDER FIRE.” Gay Loretta Young, more captivating than ever, with handsome, dashing Don Ameche, who thrills millions a 9 the hit star of radio’s biggest Sunday night airshow, go romancing tempestuously in turbulent Spain in the Twentieth CenturyFox fast-moving comedy-drama of romance, intrigue, and mad adventure, “Love Under Fire,” which screens tonight at the State Theatre, Borrali Minevitch and his gang of harmonica wizards, who scored a tremendous success in “One in a Million,” are featured with Frances Drake, Walter Catlett, John Carradine, Sig Rumann, and Harold Ilubcr in the supporting cast. Set against a background of warfare, “Ixive Under Fire” is replete with fast and furious fun as Loretta and Don ignore the spatter of shells about them, and the exploding bombs in the distance, to spat, love and kiss in one of tho foremost comedy photoplays of tho year. Concerned in the swiftmoving story" is a frightened girl, Loretta Young, fleeing madly about Europe, seeking to evade capture and imprisonment for a crime she mistakenly believes she has committed. A .Scotland Yard detective, Don Amcc-he, pursues her as a criminal, until he discovers certain facts which clear up matters. Meanwhile, however, both handsome young Scotland Yard man and Loretta find themselves in the midst of etill greater trouble. The foreign city is bombarded from the air, and troops move in on a rampage, blasting a bank in search of certain jewels of high value. An officer, learning that an English-speaking girl has beaten them to the jewels, arrests Loretta. In endeavouring to escape from the country, Loretta and Don are pursued by a foreign officer who is threatened with death unless he recovers the jewels. Their aeroplane is fired on by batteries of anti-aircraft, and their car n/.arrowl.v escapes as a burning aeroplane falls beside it; but Loretta and Don finally escape to a British merchant ship. With death awaiting them if they are caughtwith the jewels, they are pursued by an enemy gunboat which captures. them again. Loretta turns to lhe foreign ofti cer, believing- that Don plans to imprison her on his return to England with her. She learns just in time, however, that such was not tile detective’s intention. From then on, Don and Loretta arc caught in atunnoil of exciting events, escaping from one perilous situation only to find themselves involved in another. A swiftmoving series of exciting situations brings “Love Under Fire” to u thrilling climax.