ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 90, 15 March 1941, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

KOSY THEATRE. When bathing beauties parade, anything can happen. And it does in "Fast Furious," which screens •at the Kosy Theatre to-night, to the tune of two murders, several attempted ones, the most startling parade of beauty seen in films for a long while, and the presentation of Frahchot Tone a,nd Ann Sothern as contestants for the title of "Craziest Screen Couple." ' In his first screen appearance since doing a Broadway play, Tone plays the part' of Joel Sloane. easy-going bibliophile and amateur detective, and Arm Sothern is his devoted wife, Garda. On a supposed vacation at a seaside resort, trouble starts as soon as they arrive. Sloane finds himself, to Garda's unconcealed fury, a judge in the beauty pageant being, staged : then his best friend .is held for the murder of the pageant's promoter.

REGENT THEATRE. There is a wonderful entertainment in store for picture-goers at the Regent Theatre to-night. The film opens in the small town of Midbury, when elderly Dr. Downing, is called to attend Dr. Sebastian's wife whom he thought had recovered from a bout of pneumonia. Before the old family doctor can get to his destination his patient dies, and, though puzzled, he accepts the death-as natural and writes the necessary certificate. Sebastian, ostensibly because the house and its associations hold too many poignant memories, ultimately leaves the district and sets up in New York as a psychiatrist. His commanding person and assuring manner make New York society women attach great import to his pronouncements, and in time Sebastian is asked td interview beautiful Linda Booth, who i> wealthy but prey to a certain melancholia which will not let her enjoy the society, of her friends. Sebastian' successfully investigates Linda's case and cures her of her fears, only to fall genuinely in love with her. He had thought at first •to marry her for her money, but when he finds his "feelings are deeper and finer than they have ever been, he determines to put behind him the life of deceit and vengeance and start afresh. He has, however, gone too far dbwn the path to recover, and on his wedding day his sins begin to find him out. A rcportei, in love with -Linda and jealous of Sebastian's influence over her, has started a Press campaign against imitation psychiatrists, and his work leads him down to Midbury, where "he meets Dr. Downing. They compare notes, and come to the conclusion that Sebastian has been guilty of murder on more than one occasion..

1 STATE THEATRE. "Band Waggon," screening at the State Theatre to-night, is the most popular feature in British broadcasting and everything that's in the radio Is in the screen version—music, gags, stars and catch phrases. Four foot odd Arthur Askcy possesses an individual brand of comedy and displays all his irresistible personality in his diminutive. dynamic, mercurial form. Six-foot-two Richard ("Stinker") Murdoch makes an excellent debonair foil. Jack Hylton and his band play personal roles and Patricia Kirkwood makes a charming leading lady. The centre of the theme is built around Askey's and "Stinker's" discovery 'of a television plot in a manor taken over by Nazi spies. Each joyous sequence is a laughter-making incident; the songs. caWiv tune hits, the band numbers are just class review items.