ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 263, 4 October 1940, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

KOSY THEATRE. “231 HOURS’ LEAVE.” The hilarious adventures of ' gambling Sergeant Gray, played by James Ellison, of tho U.S. Army, who gets 231 hours’ final leave before embarking forms tho themo of Action Pictures’ “231 Hours’ Leave,” which screens to-day at the Kosy Theatre. After being responsible for a tomato landing on tlio face of tho General, he proceeds to make love to his daughter, although unaware of her identity. Laugh follows laugh as. the Sergeant goes out to keep a date with tho General’s daughter clad only in underwear, a long waterproof and leggings, losing tho outer garments in a free for all with two spy photographers. However, ho eventually manages to turn the tables on the spies and brings home the proverbial bacon —and tho General’s daughter. Having survived the perils of the T.T. Motor Cycle races in “No Limit,” dared audiences to “Keep On their Seats, - ’ while laughing at his second screen scream, “Feathered the Theatres’ Nest” and shown tho world how to “Keep Fit” funnily, George Formby has now made “I See Ice” |on the decidedly slippery way. And you don’t know you can laugh until you see , this latest riot of comedy. Punctuating the laughs are some of tho most ' exciting ' thrills ever witnessed. These occur during the International Ice Hockey Match, j which George unwittingly referees. 'J lie j amazing speed, skill and daredevil spills 'of .the world famous exponents of ice skating, in this sequence, have to be seen to be believed. As in “Keep Fit,” George’s leading lady is again that blueeyed lovely Kay Walsh, and other principals in this Basil Dcan-A.T.P. production arc Cyril Ritchard, Betty Stockfold, Garry Marsh and Frank Leighton.

STATE THEATRE. “TURNABOUT.” Hal Roach, who produced Thorne Smith’s “Topper” series, has now filmed this brilliant author’s original comedy "Turnabout.” In tins new production, Carole Landis, a lovely newcomer to tho screen, is co-starred with John Hubbard, last seven on tho screen in Hal Roach’s “The Housekeeper’s Daughter.” “Turnabouts” shows at the . State Theatre tonight. These stars are supported by a brilliant cast of ( players, which includes Adolpho Menjou, William Gargan, Mary Astor, Verrec Teasdale, Donald Meek and Margaret Roach. “Turnabout” was directed by Dal Roach, personally, and its hilarious plot concerns the high jinks produced when Miss Landis, as Mrs Willows, and Hubbard, as her husband, change sexes. The svelte, shapely Miss Landis slops into her husband’s oversize shoes and experiments with the problems faced by the male portion of humanity. Six-foot, broad shouldered Hubbard becomes a fashionable society matron and flutters about at cocktail parties white his wife wears pants—literally. After the hero and heroine change places and 'sexes in "Turnabout,” chaos and confusion cn sue. Hubbard’s partners in tho film, Adolphe Menjou and William Gargan, can not understand the sudden femininity of their associate, who manages to cause all suits of damage to tho prestige of the firm and to lose it most of its valuable clientele. Back home the same sort of thing happens, for the somewhat mascu-line-looking lady of the house is hardly proficient with the servants and no match for tho correct social life. llow the picture winds up provides the story with a surprise climax full of unexpected happenings and laugh-filled incidents.