THE NEST EGG ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 29 November 1938, Page 9

THE NEST EGG

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT ATTRACTIONS MAJESTIC SHOWING THE PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL “DEAD END.” "Dead End” was adapted from the famous stage play that ran for two years in New York. Samuel Goldwyn purchased the screen rights and turned it into a motion picture. It is a thrilling story of twenty-four hours of turbulent life in New York city, and portrays the elemental clash of those who yearn for “something better” with the forces that tie them relentlessly to the Lfe they despise. The city rich and its poor, its saints and its sinners as they live and struggle, provide magnificent drama. In this screen version the six boy actors play the roles they played on the stage. Joel McCrea. Sylvia Sidney and Humphrey Bogart play the leading roles. There is gripping interest in this Goldwyn picturisation of the stage play. It is a masterful blending of a strong story, brilliant acting, expert direction and intelligent production. Although entertainment comes first, the, film also is a social document. The film i follows the theme and spirit of the play so closely that those familiar with the original probably will consider the j screen version letter perfect. The story is told honestly and realistically with I no concession to artificial theatricalism There are several exceptional sequen- j ces.. among them Bogart’s rebuff by his mother, Miss Main, and his meeting with his boyhood sweetheart. Miss Trevor The facilities of the screen have made possible a splendid amplification o' the Sidney Kingsley play. Although ! strong in theme, the fact that the p.c- j ture depends so much on the work of the youngsters for punch and power j brings it within a general audience j classification. STATE: NOW SHOWING, DOUBLE j F.E ATURE ENTERTAINMENT j FRIDAY: SONJA lIENIE IN “HAPPY LANDING” The State to-night presents two big I features of outstanding merit which will j undoubtedly be appreciated by Nelson | audiences. The new RKO Radio comedy. I “Living on Love.” is a rollicking story j of life in New York’s Greenwich Village which builds continued laughs from a series of novel situations. James Dunn and Whitney Bourne, make a pleasing

I romantic combination in the leading roles, and they are ably supported by a competent cast of comedians who i get the utmost from the many amusing intricacies of the plot. The new screen comedy team of Kenneth Terrell and James Fawcett are cast as a pair of vaudeville acrobats, and others in support include Tom Kennedy, Etta McDaniels, Evelyn Carrington and Chester Clule. The mark of six-shooters and the crack of baseball bats are harmonised with colourful range melodies in ‘Rawhide,” co-starring Smith Ballew and Lou Gehrig. The story is one of bare-fisted adventure and cyclonic action in the rough, tough Arizona cattlelands. To the tune of rollicking range ballads, Lou Gehrig, baseball idol and Smith Ballew, singing cowboy, team to wipe out the most dangerous band of range racketeers ever to invade the West. Evelyn Knapp, Arthur Loft anrl Si Jenks are also featured in the film. The management desires to advise patrons that plans are now open for the supreme musical "Happy Landing” starring Sonja Henie which opens on ! Friday. In view of this star’s great popularity the public are urged to reserve immediately. REGENT: FINAL SCREENING “THE JURY’S SECRET” and “ROMANCE IN PARIS.” COMMENCING TOMORROW. GUEST NIGHT, “WHISPERING SMITH SPEAKS” AND “THE COUNTRY BEYOND” ' As the danger-defying young raili loader who whispered in preference, i but who could shout when he wanted to, George O’Brien returns to the screen in an action-filled story, “Whispering Smith Speaks.” The plot of the story | revolves about the love that arises be- j | tween George O'Brien, working as a railroad man, and Irene Ware, who < manages a dilapidated old railway. She has no way of knowing that he is I really the son of the president of the great Transcontinental railroad system, and tries to hold back from falling in love with him. The climax of the picture show how the young adventurer turns a whole railroad system upside down, and races a switch engine desperately for hundreds of miles, when his girl is in danger. Kenneth Thomson, Vic Potel and Spencer Charters fill the most important featured roles. The associate feature, “The Country Beyond” is set in the trackless wastes of Northern Canada. Its hero is Robert Kent, playing a Canadian mounted policeman. New to the game, he permits Rochelle Hudson and her father, Alan Hale, to give him the slip. Hale is wanted for

I-AM. IX LONDON FUNDS SLOWS DOWN The latest returns of the Reserve Bank show that the fall in the London funds of (lie bank has slowed down, the drain

a murder actually committeed by Alan Dinehart, his partner in crime. While Kent’s fellow “mountie,” Paul Kelly, tracks Hale, he goes after the girl and her faithful St. Bernard who is leading her out of the wilderness. The film follows their startling adventures, their combat with Dinehart and Buck’s timely arrival and savage fight to the death | with Dinehart’s viciou dog. The close j of the picture shows pursuer and captive happily united in the knowledge of | love.

being £654,000, which is £500,000 less | than the previous week (comments the Auckland “Star”). The monthly figures I of the trading banks show a loss of £500,000. and here also the downward slope' 0 less precipitous, £545.000 against BLUB,OOO for the September period. This week the first wool sale will be held, and Tor the next few months, while the sales continue, tlie reserve in London should be steadily built up, until at the end of the producing season the decline will sel 1 1 again. There may be some further ailificiai interference with the flow of ex- I change meanwhile, though Professor Tocker indicates that, in his opinion. 1

there is no cause for immediate action o- concern. The flow of imports following last year’s heavy exports has been maintained despite this year’s diminished experience, but it has continued beyond the usual time-lag, due to some extent at least to the imports for the Christina; trade. The inevitable contraction will probably be observed shortly and the accumulation of funds in London should then be fairly vapid. There are some fears that there may be some further restrictions on the normal flow of trade. These Tears may be altogether groundless, but a direct statement oF Cabinet’s intentions

would be especially valuable just now. j The recent change in the bill discount rate from 2 to 4 per cent, may not mean j very much, but it is regarded in some j quarters as related to other changes j which the Government has the power to make, and to that extent it increases the uncertainty of the outlook.