CIVIC THEATRE.

Otaki Mail, 31 March 1939, Page 2

CIVIC THEATRE.

TO-NIGHT—“COLLEGE SWING.” “College Swing,” the new Paramourl comedy of high jinx, which will li.-tv; its final screening to-night at the Civic Theatre, hits the season’s high for the number of popular songs written especially for it. The chief of tlie eight are: “I Fall in Love With Voti Every Day” and “You’re a Natural,” by Frank Locsser and Manning Slierwin, and “Moments Like This” and “ilowd’ja Like to Love Me,” by J lessor and Burton Lane. Burns and Allen, -Martha Kaye and Bob Hope head “College Swing’s” all-star cast, which includes Edward Everett llorton, lien Blue, Florence George and Betty 0 ruble. “Bulldog Drummond’s Peril. ’’ Man’s age-old search for synthetk diamonds forms the plot background o! the latest 11. C. (Sapper) MeNcile adventure story to be brought to tin screen by Paramount, “Bulldog . rut::rnond’s Peril,” which finally sere- i.s tonight at the Civic Theatre. Wien a great English chemist discovers a way to manufacture perfect diamond- itt his laboratory, the world’s largest diamond trust makes desperate and critcinal efforts to save its skin. The trusts henchmen kidnap the chemist and try to pry his secret from him, but rheir plans are foiled when one of the pslessor’s close friends enters the cn-c. Ia series of exciting adventures, d : ring which both he and his beautiful lianew are captured by the gang, Drummosi aided by Colonel Nielson of .Scotland .Yard, tracks down the criminals a.ti prevents their campaign of intrigu* and murder from spreading. SATURDAY AND MONDAY. “THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA.” One of the most notorious scat'!*in modern history supplies the n- t;v»tion for the second great Warner Brospicture within a year, based upon fife of a famous Frenchman. The ?*’ ture is “The Life of Emile Zola, an - the scandal is that surrounding the cosviction and imprisonment of CaptaiAlfred Dreyfus on Devil’s Island, os 4 trurnped-up charge that he bad ’ : portarit army secrets to Germany. picture will screen on .Saturday --y' Monday at the Civic Theatre. Not oB; I the great success of “The Story J Louis Pasteur,” with Paul Mur.; is title role, but also the powerful of Zola’s picturesque career as a moa»" er of public opinion in I ranee, inn ec-d the studio in making this piC.JMuni, who won the Academy --* f y' for his Pasteur effort, also has the role in “Zola.” Zola was Frame'- - r ” great naturalistic novelist. His l sensational work was “I Accuse.’ * I which he viciously attacked f - e-j ] who had any- part in the condemn---'' and imprisonment of Dreyfus. H- ~ tJ become convinced of the officer s ence and with characteristic vigo-. tacked the powerful military hie : with ail the strength at his “I Accuse” was deliberately v.-r:i • * provoke a libel suit. - _