AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 139, 25 May 1936, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

Plaza Theatre. “RENDEZVOUS,” A SECRET , v , j :; j/ p'!-RVICE FILM.

“Remlevous,” the startling dramatic j story of the U.S. Cryptographic RurI eau, as told by the map who organ; sj ed and headed it through the World j War, will be shown at the Plaza TheI at re to-night. Eased upon Major Her- | berfc O. Yardley’fj sensational bcsti seller book, “The American Black j Chamber;” it is crammed with the intimate revelations of the secret counter-espionage department, where foreign diplomatic or enemy communications were secretly “tapped,” decoded and deciphered for official information. Through this amazing tale of code*' and ’ciphers, Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer has woven a romance with William Powell as chief cryptographer and Rosalind Russell. Powell, aided hy his experience ip former famous mystery screen plays—such as- “The Thin Man,” “Evelyn Pre.n- ■ tice” and ‘‘Manhattan Melodrama”- — contributes one of his finest screen performances. As a puzzle editor on a metropolitan newspaper, he has enlisted in the array to fight in Prance v. hen he is pulled off the transport and thrust into “Black Chamber” work at Washington. Throgh his' genius in dissecting secret codes he quickly becomes head of the famous counter-espionage wovk for the United States.,

King’s Theatre.

WHEELER AND VVOOLSEY IN “THE RAINMAKERS.”

Two comedians 1 of long-standing popularity with Stratford audiences, Wheeler and will he seen at their best in “T{ie Rainmakers,” Which will be shown at the King’s Theatre, to-night. They have the faculty of keeping their audiences intrigued and amused throughout their films and in “The Rainmakers 1 ’ their oft’ortfci eclipse all their previous performances. “The Westerner,” latest Tim McCoy starring Western begins its season on the same programme! Packed with action and thrills, thd picture presents McCoy in a new characterisation, that of a bronchobusting cowhand who buys a ranch and finds himself ip the midst' of a deadly range quarrel. Marion Shilling, Hooper A (oh ley a nd Joseph Sauers will be seen as his principal supporting players.