THEATRE GUIDE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 192, 16 July 1941, Page 3

THEATRE GUIDE

State.—Daily at 2 p.m. and 7.45 p.m., "Too Many Girls," featuring Lucillo Ball and Richard Carlson; also "I'm Still Alive." Meteor. —Daily at 2 p.m. and 7.45 p.m., "Tho -Vlan Who Made Diamonds." Tcdtiington. Kngland, studios certainly have the nack of finding unique stories for the screen, and their latest production, "The Man Who Made Diamonds." is no exception. Drania, thrills, excitement ■ and romance all play their part aided by capable team work by a cast headed by Noel Madison, famous, gangster star from Hollywood, and a Itost of British favourites. Noel Madison's particular flair for villainens characterisations is given full rein as .Joseph, assistant to a scientist, who discovers the secret cf making diamonds from carbon. Once tho secret is known, Madison kills his employer in cold blood and proceeds to flood the market with synthetic stones. But Scotland Yard soon begins inquiries, as does also the murdered scientist's niece. Crime leads to crime, plot to counterplot and tho climax brings spectacular thrills in which Madison engages in a death tussle, high up by the power cables of an electric pylon. The associate feature is "Arkansas judge." . Mayfair.—Daily at 2 p.m. and 7.45 p.m., "I Love You Again." featuring William IV™ell and Myrno, Loy." Regent.—Daily at 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m., "Cono With The Wind," in tcchnicoiour.