AT THE PICTURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 18 April 1944, Page 4

AT THE PICTURES

Majestic Theatre: Screening to-nirfit, tin* singing sweethearts. Nelson Kddv and •leannette MacDonald, In lavish musical comedy. "I Married an Angel.” Catchy fa ” tas * ic . Situations and a unique romance hi end Into fascinating entertainment in this Broadway stage hit It Is literally a fantasv set to music. Eddv pl.-’.vs a wealthy playboy who dreams he marries an angel, the latter being Jeannette MacDonald, who in his waking hours is a timid country girl employed at his bank. The angelic bride turns out to be anything but angelic. She won't lie so tells disconcerting truths about his business and his associates. She gets him into one comical complication alter the other, then torsakes him for another playboy. Finally he wakes from his weird dream, to find love with the angel’s human counterpart. Music ranges from catchy ballads to effects with harps and grand organs. Seng hits include "The Man in the Street.” "1 Married an Angel,” "Paris in Spring." "A Twinkle in Your Eye.” "End of a Dream." and others. A prolusion of beautiful g- ;, s are seen throughout the lavish presentation. Stale: Week-end attraction. “Tarzan Triumphs,” starring Johnny Weissmuller, Frances Gifford, Johnny (Boy) Sheffield; ind Walt Disney’s latest cartoon. ••The Village Smithy.” “Tarzan Triumphs" is said to surpass its predecessors in thrills, romance and human interest. Weissmuller has two novel experiences. First he counters the dangers of modern warfare, and secondly he has a new leading lady. Frances Gifford, who portrays "Zandra.” a beautiful jungle queen. When Tarzan witnesses the invasion of his African realm by German parachute troopers, his first reaction is that of an isolationist, but it changes when he is persuaded by Zandra and his own son that such a policy docs not pay. The movie hits hard when he i elates the simple words. "Tarzan make war." Weissmuller's acrobatic feats arc astonishing. “Boy.” or Tarzan, junr., is portrayed by Johnny Sheffield, who along with Chcta. the chimpanzee, does his own share of scene stealing. Regent: Now showing. Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell in thrilling adventure drama, ‘‘They Met in Bombay,” and special ! supporting featurettes. Gable and Rosalind • Russell combine their co-starring talents | with highly diverting results. Immediately suggesting action, plus romance and tun. j the pairing accounts for all three in j copious measure. The two are linked as a { pair of confidence operators who meet in i Bombay with separate designs on a for- I tune in diamonds. Gable is a soldier of j fortune turned opportunist. Miss Russell is a chic adventuress moving in smart circles. They clash at the beginning, and again when loot comes between them, but they are forced to flee together before the police. On a rusty freighter plying the China seas their carefully hidden sentimentality breaks through. Tossed into the maelstrom of oriental war. they reach a turning point in their lives