AT THE PICTURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 5 July 1943, Page 4

AT THE PICTURES

State: To-night. “The Navy Comes Through." thriilnglv cramaUslhg the Atlantic," and starring Pat Goorgo Murphy with Jane Wyatt, Jackie Ceorer and Max Baer. This is the first picture to tell in realistic fashion the tb* *n-oot. desperate, do-or-die fight being made every day and every night high seas by our merchant marine. more particularly by the isolated eun-erews from the Navy which ship aboard these otherwise helpless freighters the few guns which constitute Ukofr only defdr.ee against the Axis subm*T*n **’ *? Lir ** c * raiders and aircraft that to destroy them. Here is action ,oe “ *• 13 seldom seen on the screen; orar-ttt-the-death. submarine a rainst ship, planes against ship, ship against ship. It is a picture of human f motions undrr h*-*i ore*yure— with dea*’- raf! destruction, heroism, love and hate. Regonc Theatre: To-night and 10-mur-r*w. **Th* Emperors Candledttek*" (William Powell. Louise Rainer). This romantic picture Is a daring film. r *A only because of its intriguing narra1i L ** ut roore because it gives these celebrated stars a new opportunitv to prove their versatility. William Powell famous for his creation of “The Thin Maru * is seen as a debonair secret agent in Europe. Miss Rainer, erstwhile Chinese slave-wife in “The Good Earth.” now be*n exotic spy. The contrast is startling and the two stars achieve their divergent roles to perfection Majestic Theatre: Finally to-night. ‘The Palm Beach Story." Starting to-morrow, “A Yank in Dutrh” (Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone). “A Yank in Dutch” is an intrigue-laden, action-filled romantic comedy, with emphasis upon the latter. Comedy and romance are said to dominate this story of the Yankee daredevil in the R.A.F., who lands in Holland ... it is occupied territory and so are the arms of the little Dutch girt with whom he falls in love! In order to escape the Gestapo, and in order to delude the rather dimwitted Nazi Major, who is paying court to Miss Bennett. Tone poses as her soon-to-be divorced husband. His antics make a mockery of the divorce court, although he almost does succeed in staying "married" to the girl. Having established himself as an eccentric, he manages—with the assistance of his “ex-wife*'—to learn secrets of vital military import and to escape, with both “ex-wife” and secrets to England.