ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 227, 24 August 1938, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

STATE THEATRE. “WEE WILLIE WINKIE.” Adventure as only Rudyard Kipling could write it blazes from the screen in ‘ the Twentieth Century-Fox picturisation . of his “Wee Willie Winkie,” now showing at the State Theatre, with - Shirley Temple and Victor McLaglen in the starring roles. “Wee Willie Winkie” starts off colourfully and excitingly in the ; railroad station at Raj pore, India, where | Shirley and her widowed mother, June ( Lang, have arrived to take up residence , at an army frontier post commanded by her grandfather, stern old C. Aubrey ; Smith. Before their eyes, Khoda Khan, a fierce native chieftain, is caught in a gun-Bmuggling attompt and arrested, los- ; ing from around his neck in the scuffle a treasured amulet, which is picked up by , Shirley. Her attempts to impress her , grandfather only land her in more trouble but she wins the gratitude of the imprisoned Khoda Khan when she his arnulot. The proud chieftain is freod in a surprise raid by the Pathans, and the border blazes in crimson warfare, which costs McLaglen’s life, among others. Because she feels that both Khoda Khan and her grandfather would remain at peace if they could, Shirley takes a desperate step to end the bloodshed, and sets out at night for the Khyber Pass lookout of the tribesmen. When they discover her loss, the Highlanders set out grimly for Khyber Pass determined to rescue her or die in tho attompt. With the lives of those she loves at stake, Shirley makes one last desperate gesture to save them and bring peace. • “SECRET VALLEY.” Sizzling with fust action, crackling with excitement and replete with romance and comedy, Harold Bpll Wright’s “Secret Valley,’’ Twentieth Century-Fox release star-ring Richard Arlen, opens to-day at the State Theatre. KOvSY THEATRE. “THE FINAL HOUR.” An innocent girl—doomed to die for murdering' the only man who could save Lor life—snatched from the noose as the cringing killer is trapped in a slrango dragnet of underworld vengeance! This dramatic situation comprises the theme of Columbia’s “The Final Hour,” showing at the lvosy Theatre. Ralph Bellamy is co-fca-tured- hi the leading roles with Marguerite Churchill, with John Gallaudet, Lina Basquottc, George AlcKay, and Elizabeth Risdon in support. Ralph Bollamy, as the famous lawyer, who fails to acquit the accused girl, turns tho underworld inside put and saves tho girl by trapping the _ killer with a perfect alibi! In this one final hour of desperate action you’ll live a lifetime of heart-pounding thrills. The film seethes with suspense as tho underdogs of the underworld band together to catch a killer. The story of “The Final Hour” was written by Harold Shumate and directed by D. Ross Ldderman. “THE THRILL HUNTER.” Now showing at tho Kosy Theatre Buck Jones, the super-western hero of many outdoor pictures, comes again in his latest action picture, “The Thrill Hunter.” do those patrons who iike adventure and romance here is something that the management has much pleasure in recommending. REGENT THEATRE. “TEST PILOT.” Spectacular flying, four stellar players, and a four-star story provide startling entertainment in “Test Pilot,” most authen tic aviation picture yet produced, now screening at the Regent 'I heatro, and continuing for ono whole week. Clark Gable, Alyrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and Lionel Barrymore head the cast of the first air picture produced by Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer in more than two years. Di- j rector Victor Fleming has -incorporated | some of the most striking flying scenes yet , seen in an aviation picture. The nature of the subject, dealing as it does with men who daily dare their lives in a duel with death, insures a world of thrills. lhey re there. Tho story is that of a test puot, played by Gable. Without varying from factual experience, it tells exactly how one of these daredevils lives, not sparing the man, but ijdthal allowing that ho is human. The romance is a three-cornered affair between Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and the “woman in the sky,” who is the pilots first love. Spencer Tracy sacrifices Ins life to prove to Gable that his wife is far more important than the calling which lias been forever clutching at the narrow thread of his life. Box plans are most certain to fill quickly, and patrons ary urged to make their reservations at tho earliest possible moment. Plans now on view at Collinson and Cunninghame s, ’phone 7178...