AT THE PICTURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 9 April 1945, Page 4

AT THE PICTURES

State: Commencing to-morrow, Rene Claire's “It Happened To-morrow.” starring Dick Powell, Linda Darnell. Jack Oakie. This is the tale of Larry Stevens, young reporter, who as a result of his ownership of the paper, finds himself involved in a series of strange adventures during the course of which he wins a fortune at the racetrack, predicts the future

with uncanny accuracy, and finally lands in trouble when the police link his name with crimes he has predicted after reading to-morrow's newspaper. The tangled events unravel to a surprise climax after the phantom newspapre predicts Stevens' death. Dick Powell plays the laugh-filled role of reporter Stevens. Linda Darnell provides romantic interest as Powell's girl friend. She portrays a clairvoyant who along with her uncle (Jack Oakie) puts on a fake crystal gazing act. An outstanding supporting cast has been assembled to get the maximum of mirth out of the comedy. Majestic: Finally to-night Barbara Stanwyck, Fred Mac Murray and Ed. G. Robinson in “Double Indemnity.”. Commencing Tuesday, Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett and Lloyd Hughes in “Sahara.’ Bogart plays the role pf a sergeant who is commander of a tank and leader of a small group of Allied fighters and struggle through the treacherous sandy wastes of the desert in an effort to catch up with the British Army at El Alamein. The picture. which is said to be a vivid exposition of the life and death struggle of sturdy men fighting to survive, gives Bogart great .scope. The film has an international flavour for the little band of soldiers, includes three Tommies, a British medical officer, an Australian, a South African, a Sudanese, a Fighting Frenchman, a boy from Texas and one from Brooklyn, an Italian prisoner who falls in line with his enemies and a German flyer who remains an enemy.