ON THE SCREEN

Putaruru Press, Volume XVI, Issue 957, 20 November 1941, Page 5

ON THE SCREEN

CIVIC, PUTARURU Friday night brings another splendid programme. “I Was An Adventuress” is a story of international jewel thieves and stars Zorina, famed dancer, and Richard Greene. Charlie Chan solves the mysterious case of the strathosphere 'bomber in his latest adventure, “Murder Over New York ” One of the most pleasurable screen treats of the year, according to Hollywood report, Columbia’s new romantic drama, George Stevens* “Penny .Serenade,” screens on Saturday and Monday. With Irene Dunne and Cary Grat excitingly starred, “Penny Serenade” is a romance that is everything a love story should be. Tender, warm, unforgettably moving, “Penny Serenade” is more than an exciting reunion of two grand stars, it is a story that strikes stright to the heart, a story to remepvber by all those who’ve ever loved or ever hope to love- Based on Martha Cheavens’ novel, “Penny Serenade” tells of an irresponsible newspaperman and of his wife, of their first ecstatic meetings, of their honeymoon, and of the ups and downs that befall them. It is truly classed as “a great picture.”

The great and inimitable Charles Chaplin, who for a generation has maintained pre-eminence as the leading comedian of the screen, reDictator,” coming on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, -with a matinee at 3 on Wednesday. The theme Chaplin chooses springs from the dreams of millions —the light-heart-ed ridiculing of the forces that oppress the average man of the work-a-day world- In order to achieve this, Chaplin selects as his central ■character the one personality alive in the world to-day who, more than any other human, guides those forces of oppression against the innocent peoples of the world. He chooses Hitler. Chaplin portrays “The Great Dictator” in the spirit of the satire, comedy and denunciation. He dons the robes and gestures of Hitler, 'but uses them with the buffoonery and genus of Clhap■l • He rants and preens himself with all the x false bravura of the world’s worst enemy. Chaplin’s burlesque of the overlord of Middle Europe is excruciatingly funny. No person who sees it can fail to be rocked with laughter.