MINERS' THEATRE

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9210, 21 April 1938, Page 3

MINERS' THEATRE

TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW'S PROGRAMME "The Wildcatter, which will be shown at the Miners' Theatre tonight and to-morrow night, does an excellent job of depicting the smashing drama that accompanies the wild rush of fortune seekers to the scene of a new oil strike. Here is adventure, excitingly served with just the right blending of drama and romance. The story centres around Scott Colton as a wildcat oil prospector; his loyal plucky wife, played by Jean Rogers, and his pal, in the person of genial Jack Smart. The action starts when they stake their savings on the gamble of a newly discovered oil field

A double-feature bill will be shown on Saturday. Alan Dinehard gives one of the most engaging characterisations of his busy career as a dynamic, blustering garment manufacturer in "Dangerously Yours," Twentieth Century-Fox picture featuring Cesar Romero and Phyllis Brooks The thrilling screen play by Lou Ereslow and John Patrick, directed by Mai St. Clair, also includes Jane Darwell in the cast, in the second picture, "The Great Cambini," Akirji Tamiroi'f takes delight in pointing out clues to a pair of goofy detectives, William Demarest and Edward Brophy, and then, just as they are about to arrest the whole party, heshows, just as calmly, and just as conclusively, that nobody there could possibly have committed the crime.