AT THE PICTURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 30 November 1945, Page 2

AT THE PICTURES

Majestic, to-night at 7.45: “Whispering Footsteps” and “Atlantic City.” To-mor-row, Monday and Tuesday. "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.” In the week-end feature Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer present a thrilling story, true and full of romance, interpreted by a wondreful cast headed by Spencer Tracv (as General James H. DooHtt’e) Van Johnson. Phyllis Thaxter and Robert Walker. Also on the programme will be “Rescue from Shangri-La.” a film record rf ai-mrn and a woman lost in the wilds of New Guinea.

State: Now showing. Bob Hope in • The Princess and the Pirate.” in technicoleur. with Virginia Mavo. Walter Brennan and Victor McLaglen. Hope is said to give the funniest performance of his career as the boastful Sylvester The Great who delights in bloodcurdling threats of what he would do to a pirate if he ever met one. but when the ferocious Hook and his band capture the vessel on which Sylvester and the runaway Princess Margaret are voyaging to Jamaica, the actor’s courage rapidlv evaporates. Thencelorward Sylvester and Margaret find themselves in plenty of hot water until the surprise ending. *

Richmond Theatre: To-morrow evening at 8 only—no matinee. Twentieth Cen-tury-Fox presents the thriller “Quiet Please. Murder!” starring George Sanders, Gail Patrick. Supports include “Wilful Willy” coloured cartoon, “Palms and Pagodas” British and three others.