AT THE PICTURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 12 August 1942, Page 4

AT THE PICTURES

Regent: Guest night double feature. Virginia Weidler in "Bad Little Angel” and Ann Sotliern with Lewis Stone and William Gargan in "Joe and Lthcl Turp Call on t n e President.” The newest juvenile team present remarkable performances in "Bad Little Angel.” the story of a little orphanage waif whose faith and courage alters the lives of a group of characters in «a quaint New Jersey village. It has the thrill oi a rescue from a factory (ire. great dramatic moments in the orphanage sequence. and the child's plea to save the position of her foster father. Ann Sothern achieves one 01 her greatest professional ambitions in "Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President." The story concerns their visit to the White House on behalf learning that her son has become a criminal. In the end. they not only get the help they want from the President but also are able to advise him on perplexing n ional questions. Majestic: Now showing. Charles Laughton, Robert Donat and Meric Oberon in "Private Life cf Henry Vlll.” Commencing Friday. "Ships with Wings." for spectacular realism and authenticity—magnificent news of the world. The full dramatic power of tiie screen is unleashed in “Ships with Wings"—first thrill surgments of the Fleet Air Arm. Roy Kelliuo, Ealingts ace cameraman joined the complement of the famous carrier. Ark Royal (one of the "stars” oi the film) for three months, during which time she was engaged in many big battles at sea. Kelliuo filmed airmen in bombing raids, battle squadrons at action stations, enemy "shadowers” being shot down, lighter machines intercepting enemy planes. and many other spectacular pictures. "Ships with Wings” is definitely the utmost in make one proud he is British. The 'stars of this outstanding entertainment arc John Clements. Leslie Banks and Jane Baxter. State: Commencing Friday, “49th Parallel,” starring Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard. Raymond Massey, Anton Walbrook. Howard lias the part of a kindly man of letters whose gentle outlook is drastically changed by the Nazis. This philosopher of the backwoods sees red to such an extent that after escape he relentlessly bunts down these Germans and unarmed gives them the towelling of a lifetime. Laurence Olivier plays a French Canadian trapper who comes against the without the mist of romance, which is. brought by Glynis Johns, as a Hutteritc maiden, who has such an effect on one of the Germans that he is shot by his comrades for “treachery and desertion.” Raymond Massey plays the carefree Canadian soldier who overstays his leave, which gives him a chance to whip the ringleader ot the U-boat fugitives. Anton Wal- j brook completes the roster of stars as , the leading light of the Puritanical Huttorite colony, where the anti-thesis of Nazi and Christian doctrine is most marked when the Nazis seek shelter within its environs. So in strong contrast is revealed the Nazi law of force and hatred.