AT THE PICTURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 4 February 1942, Page 2

AT THE PICTURES

Kegent; To-night, Guest Night.—George L Brent and Isa Miranda in “Adventure in ■ Diamonds” and Joe E. Brown with ' Martha Ray in “Champion Chump.” ImI agine Joe E. Brown as a would-be ■ Thespian and football coach who loses his voice when confronted by more than ten people! Picture Martha Raye as a girl who has ony one asset, a pupil-less i college! Think of them getting together to put Alma Mater on its feet by rounding up herds of handsome footballers and bevies of cuddlesome co-eds, and the resulting mental picture is just a faint idea of the fun and thrills in store. An all-star supporting east includes Eric Blore, Susan Hayward, John Hartley and Joyce Mathews. Excitement is the keynote of “Adventure in Diamonds” a story of the diamond mines of Africa in which George Brent and Isa Miranda are a pair of crooks who try to fight the diamond millionaires in an effort to exploit the most lovely stones, of culture. It is a picture packed with excitement and thrills. Majestic.—Now screening: “The Tree of Liberty,” with Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Alan Marshal. Considered one of the most stirring pieces of literature of the year, Elizabeth Page’s “The Tree of Liberty” comes to the Majestic on Tuesday. Cary Grant and Martha Scott are starred as two young people who fell so madly in love that they broke with all tradition; who believed in their destiny and the destiny of their country with such intensity that they willingly offered themselves and their future to share in their country's struggle lor freedom. In the story is a simple man of the soil, who finds his bride in gracioys. courtly old Virginia and sets her down in an untamed wilderness How she adapts herself to her new life and her willingness and eagerness to follow her husband into Indian-haunted backwoods, where they build their home and their happiness, provides the theme of a great moving romance. Featured players supporting the stars include, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Carlson. Alan Marshal and Elizabeth Risdon. State.—showing To-day and To-morrow: “Wings of the Morning,” starring Annabella, Henry Fonda. John McCormack, Steve Donohue. Brought to the screen in all the lifelike beauty of natural Technicolour. “Wings of the Morn:ng” is the flaming romance of a lovely fugitive. Annabella, a new and alluring sensation of the screen, is starred with Henry' Fonda in the film, which presents the world-iamous tenor, John McCormack A thrilling mixture of drama, spectacle and surprise, the Twentieth Century-Fox release achieves remarkable effects. The spectacular changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, home of English Kings; the most sensational Derby ever run. with jockey Steve Donoghue riding his most thrilling race; John McCormack singing the songs ot Ireland that have made him famous—these are a few of the moments that make “Wings of the Morning” a film at once beautiful and breathtaking.