AT THE PICTURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 10 August 1942, Page 4

AT THE PICTURES

State, commencing Frida.' : Britain’s great four-star picture "49th Parallel,” starring Leslie Howard. Laurence Olivier. Raymond Massey. Anton Walbrook. “War tune adventure melodroma. describing the eceptit n ui a Nazi L'-i'ca; crew who land so: u»p*:*.* usly at Hudson's Bay. Canada, and set out to bludceon their way to the American border. They meet with stern ' opposition at a trading post and a Hutte; ite settlement and find more than their match in an English aesthetic ar.d a Canadian soldier. Capture or death is the stern late of them all. As their numbers dwindle so the taie subtly differentiates between the reck i ess arrogance of the evil Nazi lanatic and the quiet determination and courage ot united free people. An all-star cast, authentic Canadian settings, inspired direction, line dialogue, shrewdly spaced thrills, and a typically British sense of humour not only brilliantly amplify the picture's formidable point, but convert its line propaganda into marvellous entertainment. An outstanding film which all must see and will see.'’ Regent to-night: Two hilarious comedies, Ciracie Allen in "Air and Mrs North." and Ann Sothern with Billie Burke and Ronald Young in "Dulcy.” In Xli and Airs North’* the mirth begins with ihe opening scene and it will still be rippling in the lobby alter the curtain falls. Gracie Allen i solves a murder mystery with a clue ob- | tained in effect from a lobster claw. Naturally, she surprises the detectives, as well as her friends, and most of all her husband. played by William Post. Jnt . of . The New York stage, now under Hollywood contract. Characteristically, Grade never still, ncr can anything else be said of those around her. Her comedy is effortless. effervescent. never forced. "Dulcy,” the second feature, outlines the i exploits oi a modern young woman who j has good ideas but whose faculty tor running other people's affairs gets them as well as herself into hilarious difficulties. Majestic, finally to-night: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in "Hold that Ghost." Commencing Tuesday: Alexander Korda’s great English production "Private Lite of Henry VIII.” with Charles Laughton. Robert Donat. Merle Oberon and Wendy Barrie. In Laughton's greatest picture and performance. Five of six wires are shown: Elsa Lanchester, Laughton's wife. pla>- i ing Ann of Cleves. Binnie Barnes • Katheryn Howard). Meric Oberon tAnne Boleyn». Wendy Barry (Jane Seymour and Everley Gregg (Katherine Pari >. The first wife, Katherine of Aragon, is dismissed by an opening title that says her story is of no particular interest. The picture opens with the execution of Amu* Boleyn at the Tower of London, with Anne commenting about her “little neck" while the crowds gather for the execu- ( tion and the King prepares to wed Jane | Seymour so soon as the guns tell of the , death of Anne. From Jane, who dies, the j story passes on to the King's interest in j Katheryn Howard who becomes his fifth , wife alter his marriage to his fourth, Ann : of Cleves, and the divorce that she wins from him in a card game played on the j royal bed on their wedding night. It is ; his sixth and last wife who inspires him i to comment that “the best of them’s the f worst.” ___