THEATRE GUIDE

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 265, 7 November 1941, Page 7

THEATRE GUIDE

STATE: Against the highly dramatic and emotionally stirring story of men who dare the perils of sea and sky, Walter Wanger's new screen presentation, "The Long Voyage Home,” will be screened at the State to-day. The cast is headed by such distinguished performers as John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell and lan Hunter and includes Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfred Lawson, John Qualen, Carmen Morales, Arthur Shields, J. M. Kerrigan and Mildred Natwick. Four of O’Neill's immortal one-act nautical plays, "The Moon of the Caribbees," “Bound East for Cardiff," "In the Zone” and "The Long Voyage Home” were combined to form one tightly knit, terrifically fast paced story of the experiences of the crew of an ammunition laden tramp steamer, the s.s. Glencairn, in the war zone. The film tells the tale of the heroic sailors who, without uniforms, protection or the possibility of receiving medals, carry out one of the most dangerous tasks in modern war, that of supplying ever necessary explosives to their country, while they challenge the roaring gales of the high seas. "The Long Voyage Home” will go into history alongside such other hits as "Stagecoach” and "The Grapes of Wrath,” as a credit to its director, John Ford. Dudley Nichols’ screen play, combined with the superlative photographic work of Gregg Toland and James Basevi’s outstanding special effects in the action packed raging storm sequences make "The Long Voyage • Home” an outstanding picture which has been selected by the Academy of Arts as one of the ten best pictures of 1941. METEOR: Daily at 2 and 7.45 p.m. "One Night in Lisbon” is a timely story that brings Europe’s first ,laugn of the American screen. In it, the Carroll-Mac-Murray combination makes its bid for America’s No. 1 Hit Team of 1941. Fred plays the part of an ex-cowboy from Texas 'who ferries air bombers across the choppy Atlantic to the R.A.i>. He meets j Madeleine, a beautiful English girl, duri ing an air raid in blacked-out London. The Flying Romeo supplies plenty of j laughs when he climbs up into Made- , leines third-storey boudoir. He terrifies i Juliet who can’t seem to get used to tne American’s way of making love. Even tne melodrama is played for comedy in this crisp, refreshing film entertainment. , n . excellent first half completes a not-to-be-missed entertainment.

MAYFAIR: Grand double Bill. "The Face Behind the Mask,” thrilling new Columbia film, showing to-day. presents Peter Lorre in one of the weirdest roles the famous star of "M” lias ever portrayed. Lorre appears as a naive immigrant who is gradually transformed into a monstrous, cold-blooded killer after a tragic accident mutilates his face. Evelyn Keyes appears opposite Lorre in the romantic lead, while other familiar figures include Don Beddoe and George E. Stone. The thundering roar of a hundred guns greets Jack Randall as he rides down Gunsmoke Trail” to stop a range war in Monogram’s thrilling picture of tne same name, also screening at the Mayfair TheJaclc 34101 his Pul Tip are wanderers of the west, roaming the range in search ahaff V hrn U p r H e V 2? I** 1 ** flnd * when Lorna, a half-breed Indian, wounded and hunted U J e .. Ia TL for a crlme he did not cornmit, tells them strange tales of an outlaw named Larson, who had killed Loma's sister and put the blame on the Indian tS > rtuS.K n .«oS’“ kl SMil the "* 0

REGENT: “A Woman’s Face" brings Jo^ a xr Crawford ’ Melvyn Douglas and Conrad Veidt to the Regent screen in one of the most powerful and completely different dramas the screen has seen in many a moon. Directed by George Cukor, who was responsible for such hits as "The Philadelphia Story” and “The Women,’ the new picture is hailed as a brilliant combination of characterisation, thrills suspense and unusual romance. The story hnrrihi? £ nna Holm - a woman whose horribly disfigured face causes her to be Through this she becomes the mankind, commanding a blackmailing ring that preys on women who are beautiful. Into her life comes 2 '' e ™. unscrupulous madman who to her the criminal potentialities he loves atM m *°nd pla f tic surgeon finds her. operand restores h<«- natural beauty the child and her infatuation for her evil lover, she faces a terrific situation, clearer through a novel dramatic twist. Miss S r^ f ° rdplay , s the disf teured Anna Holm. ConSS Vp plays the surgeon, and S'S 3 , Ve1(11 has a powerful role as the ™ adman - Thrills include a perilous ride in an iron cage on a cable over a roaring gorge, a mad race with the iQ slelghs with galloping horses through a snow-covered forest and soeclShtf^iffilnS^th thrllls - Dramatic highngnts include the surprise witness in thp wou r .dV rial ' se3cue$ e3cue °' the child from hte would-be murderer, and other enisodes Elaborate settings and costumes are used.