COMEDY OFFERING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 39, 16 February 1939, Page 3

COMEDY OFFERING

j “COM BOY AM) THE LADY” . 1 The best comedy offering to be seen i in Wanganui for some time is undoubtedly “The Cowboy and the t Lady,” commencing on Friday next > week at the Plaza Theatre. Gary » Cooper is at the top of the form which . brought “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” ■ and “Bluebeard's Eighth Wife” into so much favour with audiences the world r over. In “The Cowboy and the Lady” ? he is cast in a role which is eminent-, I ly suited to his talents, for, apart from ■ being one of the comparatively few . Western screen heroes who really can ■ ride a horse, he has a real cowboy - manner as a carry-over from his pre- • acting days. Playing opposite him is ’ Merle Oberon, who, though she is justi ly famous in her own right for film • successes, is making her first appear- ; Lance with Gary Cooper.

Bob Hope and Shirley Ross arc to be co-starred again by Paramount in “Some Like It Hot.” » * • Busman’s Holiday. A busman’s holiday resulted in the latest discovery among Hollywood’s boy actors. He is Terry Kilburn, who makes his debut as the Lancashire boy with Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney in “The Boy From Barnardo’s,” a drama of training of youth for the British Mercantile Marine. When Terry’s parents went to Hollywood on a vacation trip, Terry appeared in a radio broadcast. The studio engaged him for “Lord Jeff” and Sam Wood, the director, who directed Jackie Coogan in his first feature picture, says that Terry is one of the most important finds since that time. Terry’s father has returned to London and his job, but Terry’s mother is staying on with him to see. what further fortune awaits in Holly-