ENTERTAINMENTS
Meteor Theatre.—A power-mad scicntis with an invention that will rock the world and five helpless victims turned into cap sulo creatures one-fifth their normal sizi arc the principals in the screen's mos startling drama, “Dr Cyclops,” Para mount’s adventure thriller in tcchnicolour which shows to-day at the Alctoor Theatre J'iltncd behind locked doors from a closely guarded secret script. “Dr Cyclops’ ” re lease solves a riddle the whole screen work has been talking about for more than ; year; what is this story so spoclaculag nc word of it can leak out? What is this pro cl net ion that cost a fortune and yet has not a “big name” in its east. Who "are thr “huiiianettcr” and why are they tin: year’s most surprising film characters ? The sec ret is out! “Dr Cyclops,” a picture as dating as it is different, tells what happen: when an unbalanced hut brilliant scientist discovers a machine that “shrinks” human beings into a miniature people 14 inchcitall, yet retaining all the emotions, functions and personality of full-sized men and women. State Theatre.—Gav and refreshing a: a spring breeze, Anna X eagle’s new vehicle, “No, No, Nanette,” shows io-da.v at (lie State Theatre. The new picture revolves about a girl’s hectic romance with two young men, a romance that results Irfan iter efforts to help her millionaire uncle out of some feminine complications, and the result is a swift-paced and timely offering, enlivened with catchy song* and dance routines and plenty of comedy. The trouble is all due to tile uncle’s inability to help rliein with careers, forgetting the fact that lie lias a masterful wife who is -me to misunderstand the situation. So when 11 to young women arrive one by one to claim tlie promised assistance, Nanette lias to pitch in and help in a desperate effort to keep auntie from knowing what’s going on. This is .where the romance comes in. Among uncle’s acquaintances are a noted young theatrical producer and a famous young painter, and since two of ilie gold diggers arc stage-struck and art-i-truck respectively, Nanette wishes them oil' on to the young men.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 137, 12 May 1941, Page 3
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355ENTERTAINMENTS Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 137, 12 May 1941, Page 3
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