AT THE THEATRES

Southland Times, Issue 24056, 21 February 1940, Page 5

AT THE THEATRES

REGENT NOW SHOWING: "The Four Just Men” (cast anonymous) and "This Place Australia." An Edgar Wallace plot is brought up to date in this thrilling spy drama. Four men save the Empire from foreign intrigue against a background of modern London. BEGINNING SATURDAY: "San Francisco" (Jeanette MacDonald, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy). COMING ATTRACTIONS: “Tile Sun Never Sets" (Douglas Fairbanks, Jun., Basil Rathbone, Virginia Field, Lionel Atwill, C. Aubrey Smith); "The Sisters" (Bette Davis. Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Jane Bryan, Beaulah Bondi, Alan Hale, Dick Foran); “The Beachcomber” (Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Robert Newton, Tyrone Guthrie); “First Love” (Deanna Durbin, Helen Parrish, Robert Stack). STATE NOW SHOWING: “Ask A Policeman” (Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Glennis Lorimer). An hilarious story of Will Hay’s attempt to create an “artificial crime wave” in a village that turns out to be a hot-bed of smuggling. Ghosts add to the merriment. BEGINNING FRIDAY: "They Shall Have Music" (Jascha Heifetz, Andrea Leeds, Joel McCrea) and “March of Time" No. 11. COMING ATTRACTIONS: “The Lion Has Wings” (Ralph Richardson, Merle Oberon, Flora Robson); “Bachelor Mother” (Ginger Rogers, David Niven): "Clouds Over Europe” (Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Valerie Hobson); “The Real Glory" (Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds). CIVIC BEGINNING FRIDAY: "Kidnapped” (Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Arleen Whelan, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen) and “Submarine Patrol’’ (Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, George Bancroft). Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous story “Kidnapped,” is brought to the screen for the first time. It portrays in thrilling fashion the adventures of Alan Breck and David Balfour. COMING ATTRACTIONS: “Ali Baba Goes to Town” (Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young, June Lang. Louise Hovick); "Charlie Chan on Broadway" (Warner Oland, Joan Marsh, Louise Henry, Keye Luke). MAJESTIC NOW SHOWING: "Brother Rat" (Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Ronald Regan, Jane Bryan, Jane Wyman) and “Strange Faces” (Frank Jenks, Dorothea Kent, Andy Devine). A secret marriage leads to comic and dramatic situations in "Brother Rat,” which has the Virginia Military Institute for its background. BEGINNING FRIDAY 7 : “Two Bright Boys" (Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Alan Dinehart, Dorothy Peterson. J. M. Kerrigan) and "Men Are Such Fools” (Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Hugh Herbert, Penny Singleton). The vexed questions of career versus marriage is settled light-heartedly in “Men are Such Fools,” a comedy with a lively and fast-moving story. COMING ATTRACTIONS: "Tlte Kid From Texas" (Dennis O'Keefe); “Our Relations” (Laurel and Hardy); “The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse" (Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Clair Trevor. Allen Jenkins): "Invitation to Happiness” (Irene Dunne). OTAUTAU SATURDAY: “It’s a Grand Old World” (Sandy Powell). COMING ATTRACTIONS: “Little Tough Guys”; "The Big Show” (Gene Autry). RIVERTON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: "Breaking The Ice” (Bobby Breen). COMING ATTRACTIONS: “Wings Over Africa” (lan Colin, Joan Gardner); “Divorce of Lady X” (Lawrence Olivier, Merle Oberon); “A Man to Remember” (Edward Ellis, Ann Shirley); “Alt's Button Afloat” (Flanagan and Allen). ■aMMMßHHnasun