AT THE PICTURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 23 October 1942, Page 4

AT THE PICTURES

.Majestic, to-night: Exciting spy comedy, • The Lady Has Plans.” with R.i% Milland, Paulette Goddard. Roland Young and Cecil Kellaway; and latest "March of Time”—"When Air Raids Strike." Every ingredient required to make an excellent movie is contained in “The Lady Has Plans." Fun. suspense, i omance. action—all are so cleverly combined that the picture rates as one ol the best Hollywood contributions to the nation s morale. The story is lull of hilarious situations and surprises. Paulette Goddard, a reporter, is assigned to assist Ray Milland, American news commentator stationed in Lisbon. Foreien agents in New York, however, plan to keep her from making the Clipper so that they may substitute ior her spy Margaret Hayes who has had stolen U.S. NaVy plans drawn in invisible ink on her back The action is so last—and so funny—that one is sorry when the picture is over. The supporting cast of Roland Young, Albert Dekkei. Maigaret Hayes and Cecil Kellaway is excellent. Miss Goddard is more beautiful than ever and teaming her with the handsome Milland adds to hri popularity. The "March of Time” graphically shows England's E.P.S. workers under the fury of Germany’s Luftwaffe. State, screening to-night: Walter Wan«er. producer of Hie unforgettable “Foreign Correspondent.” presents "Sundown." starring Gene Tierney. George Sanders. Bruce Cabot. Reginald Gardiner. Sir Cedric Hardwick . Against the stirring backsi ound of one of England's furthest outposts in Africa a thriving new experience in ad tnture is related. It is a tribute to the small bands ol men who guard the outposts of the Empire r>.-6 tells the story of six white men and one beautiful girl isolated in a lonely military outpost in the hinterlands of Britain's isolated Kenya Colony, in Central East Africa. The small group “of men" at the British Residency who rule over several hundred thousand savage natives aie in constant danger of annihilation by the savage tribes, especially when the latter are supplied with fnearms by enemy gun-runners. ■'Sundown" reveals the efforts ot enemy agents , to break Britain's hold on her strategic strongholds in Africa. The mysterious actions of Zia. a beautiful half-caste daugh- ; ter of a rich Arab tradci, provide the story with spirited romanqg. The picture n wholly unlike any other previously filmed, with a setting that is well off the beaten track. Regent, to-night 7.45. Saturday 2 and • 7.43: “A Tragedy at Midnight." starring Margaret Lindsay and John Howard; and i • Frisco Lil” with Irene Hervey and Kent Taj lor; plus at all sessions, episode 13 of • Riders of Death Valley.” In “A Tragedy at Midnight." a murder mystery drama. Howard is Greg Sherman, young radio crime detective, who arouses the ire ol the police by solving crimes before the police do. When the body of a beautiful woman is found in the Shermans apartment the detectives arc eager to lock him up and Gieg is just as cagct to avoid the police and solve the crime in his own way. Beth Sherman, faithful wife, shares, all the perils of his flight and his subsequent exposure of the true murderer. “Frisco Lil" is a drama of lile behind the i scenes in a gambling rendezvous, with Irene Hervey in the title role. Kent Taylor i appears as a young Jaw instructor, while the supporting cast includes such well known players as Jerome Cowan. Minor Watson, Samuel S. Hinds and Claire Whitney. This is the story of a girl who lives a double liic. A college law student, she becomes a card dealer in the gambling j palace in order to save her lather from I being executed ior a murder of which he is innocent. Taylor, in love with the i girl, helps her gather evidence that discloses the real murderers. Richmond Theatre, to-morrow at 2.15 and 8 p.m.: "Night Train to Munich,” with Margaret Lockwood and Rex Harrison; latest War News oi the East.