AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19824, 29 December 1938, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE LAST DAY: NEWSPAPER STORY, “THE WOMEN MEN MARRY” ‘Metro-Goldivvyn-Mayor’s. thrilling newspaper mystery drama, “The Women Men Marry," with Ge6rge Murphy and Josephine Hutchinson, will conclude :to-night. Some of the world’s best entertainer® contribute the first. part of the programme, which includes items by Robert Benchley, Pete Smith, Laurel and Hardy, and “Our Gang." Their items are bright and joyous, in keeping with the holiday spirit, —To-morrow: Jack Hol{. in “Crime Takes a Holiday,” and William Gargan in “Personal Secretary”— An extra strong week-end programme commencing to-morrow will be headed by Jack Holt in “Crime Takes a Holiday.” In this actionpacked drama Jack Holt is a district attorney, famous .for hits honest efforts •to rid the city oif racketeering, who, when he finally arrests members of a, gang, finds (that the witnesses are terrified 'to testify against them. A’ police lieutenant is killed. Then Holt hits upon the idea of convicting an innocent man and trapping the real rniminals. This he does in his virile way after many exciting incidents. The supporting cast includes Marcia Ralston, Douglas Dumbrille, Russell Hopton and Arthur Hold. In the associate feature, amateur and professional sleuths will be well entertained in solving the mystery contained in ihe sparkling murder - mystery comedy, “Personal Secretary.” The story contains far more than the usual amount of surprising twists, ind, in addition, a grand but almost comical love element rarely discovered in this type of motion picture. There is a solid, ingenious plot. The poisoned man’s -widow is on trial and ibviously guilty of murder. It is here that two rival newspaper columnists, Joy Hodges and William Gargan. take the case into their own hands, each on a different tangent. Through intrigue, skullduggery and counterplotting, the innocent widow is saved from execution and the real killer brought to justice, buf only liter Joy and Bill lose their hearts in the mile-a-minute confusion and excitement. •Plans are now open for the New Zealand premiere of "Men With Wings,” which is /to be the Majestic’s New Year attraction. This is the first big aviation picture to be •ereened in Technicolour Fred MacVlurray, Louise Campbell and Ray Milland have the leading roles. KING’S THEATRE "MY LUCKY STAR,” STARRING SONJA HENIE—TO-DAY When a personality such as Sonja Henie achieves overnight stardom with one picture—as she did less than .wo years ago with "One in a Million” —the temptation is strong on .he part of Hollywood’s movie makers to be satisfied with merely repeating -he picture formula which won such sensational acclaim. This probably would have worked out all right in Sonja’s case—except for Sonja herieLf. Far from being satisfied with .hat first brilliant success, the miracu.ous skating star set about to surpass .t in every way —and did —with “Thin ice” and “Happy Landing." And so .c is easy to understand the enthu•iastic advance reports concerning Sonja’s newest 20th Century-Fox /Humph, “My Lucky Star,” which opens to-day at the King’s Theatre. For one thing, “My Lucky star” presents Sonja in an entirely new setting. The story opens with Sonja enrolling as a student at Plymouth College, where she is to model he smart sports clothes of Cesar Romero’s (or rather, his father’s) Fifth Avenue store. In the school’s rnnual ice carnival Sonja is so sensa--ional that a picture magazine puto.ishes her photograph on its cover. Romero’s alimony-minded wife uses his (to create a newspaper scandal between .her husband and Sonja, forcing Sonja’s resignation from school.. To clear her own .name so that she will ibe free to continue her romance with Richard Green, and to help Romero raise money to settle with his wife, Sonja agrees to stage her ice carnival in the Fifth Avenue store. REGENT THEATRE LAST DAY: “THAT CERTAIN AGE” Deanna Durbin will be seen in that delightful picture, “That Certain Age,” for the last time this evening. The associate programme is of the usual high standard. —Friday: New Year Double-feature Programme— Every once in a while some makers of movies throw away all the elements of common sense, reasonableness and decorum, and turn out a picture which is the world’s dafiiest comedy. Just exactly that occasion came along when the Warner Brothers decided that they would make “Sh! The Octopus" and put Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins into the leading roles. The result is a mystery-farce that will keep patrons in fits of laughter. With Beverley Roberts once again enacting the part of the business woman —this time as head of a passenger bus company—a Warner Bros.’ melodrama called "The Daredevil Drivers,” dealing with me warfare between her outfit and a rival concern, is the second feature. Dick Purcell, a handsome young leading man, carries the romantic interest with Miss Roberts. Other well-known players In the cast arc Gloria Blondell, Gordon Oliver, Charley Foy, Willard Parker, and Donald Briggs. A special midnight session will be held on Friday, beginning at 10.20 p.m. OTAKI HEALTH CAM P . Fifty boys and SO girls will bej accommodated at the Otaki Health Camp during the Christmas and New Year holidays. These children have been admitted /to the camp from as far north as New Plymouth on the west coast and Napier on the east coast, and include 44 children from Wellington and suburbs.