COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 May 1939, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

‘ RENFREW OF THE ROYAL . MOUNTED.” The current programme at the Cosy Theatre headed by “Renfrew of the Royal Mounted” and “The Last Warning” will be finally shown tonight. “NANCY STEEL IS MISSING.” The performances of Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly, outstanding actor of stage and screen, and Peter Lorre, turope’s one-man chamber of horrors, make “Nancy Steel is Missing.” a picture filled with tense thrills and strong passions. June Lang and Robert Kent, rising young players, are featured in the film. The twenty-year span covered by the picture begins in the troubled days of 1917, when America was gripped by war hysteria. The daughter of Walter Connolly, a munitions magnate, sensationally disappears. Shortly afterward, Victor Mc- . Laglen, a hulking giant whose knowledge of the horrors of war has embittered him against all those who help to make it, becomes involved in a brawl with police and, because he is accused of being “pro-alien,” gets an unnecessarily severe jail sentence. The character which Victor McLaglen created, provides him with the greatest opportunity he has had since “The Informer.” Walter Connolly and Peter Lorre, in roles of smashing power, create unforgettable additions to the screen’s gallery of outstanding portraits. The cast also includes Shirley Deane, John Carradinc, Jane Darwcll and Frank Conroy. The other attraction is a typical Wodehouse tale, made funnier than ever by its transition to the screen. “Thank You, Jeeves!” is one of the most riotous of Jeeves’ adventures in extricating the inane Ecrtie from a .peck of trouble and helping him win the lady of hie heart.