ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 December 1940, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

j CURRENT ATTRACTIONS REGENT. GUEST NIGHT PRO GRAMME: “MR MOTO TAKES A CHANCE** AND “RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED” The feature attraction on this week’s guest night is “Mr Moto Takes a Chance” with Peter Lorre in the starring role, supported by Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent and J. Edward Brorn- | her. Into a weird wilderness of mystic temples, wells of death, native sorcery, poisonous blow-gun darts and other nameless terrors, ventures the screen’s sational adventure of his perilous career as he seeks to solve another baffling mystery. Amid the treachery of the Far East, the mysterious Mr Moto. through the use of clever disguises, pits his intelligence against the craftiest killers of the jungle. With the caphis assistant, the famous detective fights his way out of such traps as poisonous I cobras, mysterious murders and wily highpriests. Thrill follows thrill in ! the sensational adventure that hits the | maximum in high-speed entertainment. The associate feature is "Renfrew of the Royal Mounted.” Suggested by the famous “Renfrew” books by Laurie York Erskine, this thrilling adventure of the great north woods has James Nowill and Carol Hughes in the leading ; roles. MAJESTIC: SPARKLING LAUGH HIT. “GOOD GIRLS GO TO PARIS," MELVYN DOUGLAS, JOAN BLONDELL With a provocative title only a shadowy promise of its hilarious, sparkling plot. Columbia's “Good Girls Go To Paris" with Melvyn Douglas and Joan Blondell, sensational co-stars [of “There’s Always a Woman,” again ; are teamed in the new film. “Good Girls Go To Paris,” presents Douglas jin a new and distinctive charI acterisation. that of an English exj change professor slightly bewildered by j the feverish, hectic activity at an American university, and completely dazed by his suddenly acquired role of ; confidential adviser to a young wait- ! rccs whose sole ambition is to go to j Paris. Laugh-provoking- adventures • involving the two stars take them from the college town to New York and eventually to a millionaire's mansion where the tangled threads of half-a-dozen lives provide the suspense which builds to the surprising climax. Imj portant feature roles are played by i Walter Connolly, as the capricious ■ millionaire: Isabel Jeans, a .flighty, mid-dle-aged woman: Alan Curtis, playboy I grandson; and Joan Perry, the granddaughter. Other supporting parts are ; played by Alexander D’Arcy. Stanley Brown. Robert Sterling and Dick Fiske. !An excellent selection of supporting ; subjects includes a Charley Chase ! comedy. Screen Snapshots. “Diving j Rhythm” (Interest), “Man-Made ) Island,” a beautiful travelogue in ' colour and the latest world newsreels. STATE, TO-NIGHT AND THURSDAY —GAY ADVENTURE COMEDY, CESAR ROMERO IN “VIVA CISCO KID” AND THE JONES FAMILY IN “SAFETY IN NUMBERS” O. Henry's handsome and adventure- ' some caballero, “the Cisco Kid,” is played foi the second time by tall, de- | bonair Cesar Romero, who is even beti ter in this film —riding, shooting, facing danger and finding romance at every tu.-n in the trail with reckless abandon. Fi.e seconds after Cisco has declared himself through with all senoritas, love- ! ly Jean Rogers walks into his life. She’s a damsel in distress—and the gallant Cisco rushes to her rescue. -From then i on he keeps himself and Ids ever-pre-se.it pal. Gordito. in trouble trying to keep her out of it. The roly poly ChrisPin Martin again plays Gordito. whose fruitless attempts to check Cisco's romantic inclinations provide plenty of laughs. The second unit features Twentieth Century-Fox’s famous Jones Family, who are now well known to fil ngoers. The original production policy of maintaining the family intact throughout each picture of the series ha-, been extended to include almost the entire town of Maryville—and with happy results “Safety in Numbers” introduces a new section of Maryville to Jcmesites. Barton Springs, a suburb of the town, is discovered to be a spa of medicinal importance and the entire populace is aroused over the resort possibilities of the place. Mrs Jones is gwen a thirteen-week broadcast hour for a domestic advice programme by th .* Springs’ sponsors and Dad Jones heads the citizens* investment committee. When the spring turns out to be a •phony.” the Joneses get a chance to prove—in a hilarious and exciting climax—that there is. indeed. "Safely in Nu abers.''