AT THE THEATRES

Southland Times, Issue 24210, 21 August 1940, Page 8

AT THE THEATRES

REGENT

NOW SHOWING.—“BAD LITTLE ANGEL” (Virginia Weidler, Gene Reynolds, Guy Kibbee, lan Hunter, Elizabeth Patterson, Reginald Owen). Virginia Weidler, 12-year-old star, is featured in “Bad Little Angel” as an orphaned waif whose influence and faith change the. destinies of those who protect her in a sleepy - country town.

BEGINNING FRIDAY.—“BALALAIKA” (Nelson Eddy, Ilona Massey, Charles Ruggles, Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, C. Aubrey Smith, Joyce Compton. Dalles Frantz). COMING ATTRACTIONS—“THE LIGHT THAT FAILED” (Ronald Colman, Ida Lupino, Muriel Angelus, Dudley Digges); “ESPIONAGE AGENT” (Joel McCrea, Brenda Marshall, Jeffrey Lynn); “RULERS OF THE SEA” (Douglas Fairbanks jun., Margaret Lockwood, Will Fyffe, George Bancroft).

MAJESTIC

NOW SHOWING.—“GREAT GUY” (James Cagney, Mae Clark, Ed. Brophy) and “SOME LIKE IT HOT” (Bob Hope, | Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, Rufe Davis). BEGINNING FRIDAY—“LAW OF THE PAMPAS” (William. Boyd. Russell Hayden, Steffi Duna, and “The King’s Men”) and “SEVENTEEN” (Jackie Cooper, Betty Field, Otto Kruger, Betty Moran). Hopalong Cassidy goes to the Argentine for the scene of his latest adventure in “Law of the Pampas.” While delivering a herd of prize cattle from “Bar 20,” Cassidy stumbles on a murder plot, and is soon leading th<g gauchos to a triumphant round-up. COMING ATTRACTIONS—“THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL” (John Garfield and | the Dead End Kids); “FEATHER YOUR NEST” (George Formby); “CROOKED ROAD” (Edmund Lowe, Irene Harvey), “LET’S BE FAMOUS” (Sonnie Hale, Jimmy O’Dea, Betty Draiver).

STATE

NOW SHOWING.—“MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON” (James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, H. B. Warner, Eugene Pallette, Harry Carey). BEGINNING FRIDAY.—“A WINDOW IN LONDON” (Michael Redgrave, Sally Gray, Paul Lucas). “The meatiest role I’ve had,” said Michael Redgrave of his part in “A Window in London.” He is shown as an engineer who witnesses a fantastic crime and becomes involved in one of London’s strangest mysteries. COMING ATTRACTIONS—“CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA” (Sidney Toler. Lionel Atwill, Jean Rogers, Kane Richmond. Mary Nash, Sen Yung): “PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES” (The Ritz Brothers. Jane Withers, Lynn Bari, Joseph Schildkraut, Stanley Fields); “SLIGHTLY HONOURABLE” (Pat O’Brien, Edward Arnold. Ruth Terry. Alan Dinehart, Broderick Crawford); “AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOME” (Edmund Gwenn, Mary Maguire, Richard Ainley, Geoffrey Toone).

CIVIC

BEGINNING SATURDAY—“THE LONE WOLF STRIKES” (Warren William, Joan Perry) and "MY SON IS GUILTY” (Bruce Cabot, Jacqueline Wells). A debonair detective who moves in society and in criminal circles with an equal facility is given his- strangest assignment in “The Lone Wolf Strikes,” an exciting story of jewel robberies. COMING. ATTRACTIONS—“YOU’RE A SWEETHEART” (Alice Faye. George Murphy. Ken Murray, Charles Winninger. Andy Devine); “OUTLAWS OF THE ORIENT” (Mae Clarke, Harold Huber); “INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH ON HOLIDAY” (Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim); “TOO BUSY TO WORK” (The Jones Family).

THEATRE ROYAL, WINTON WEDNESDAY—“WHO GOES NEXT” (Barry K. Barnes. Sophie Stewart). FRIDAY AND SATURDAY—“TARZAN FINDS A SON” (Johnny Weissmuller) and Walt Disney Cartoon, “THE POINTER.” COMING ATTRACTIONS "CHARLIE CHAN IN REO” (Sidney Toler); “EVERYBODY’S BABY” (The Jones Family); “SO THIS IS LONDON” (Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton). OTAUTAU SATURDAY—“THE NEAREST THING TO HEAVEN” (Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer). COMING ATTRACTIONS—“THE SUN NEVER SETS” (Douglas Fairbanks jnr.); “THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE” (Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire); “FAST AND LOOSE.” THE EMPIRE. RIVERTON SATURDAY.—“THE STORY OF IRENE AND VERNON CASTLE” (Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire). COMING ATTRACTIONS—“TROUBLE IN SUNDOWN” (George O’Brien); “FIRST LOVE” (Deanna Durbin); “LONE WOLF SPY HUNT” (Warren William, Ida Lupino).