ACADEMY AND MINER'S THEATRES

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXX, Issue 9682, 20 June 1941, Page 2

ACADEMY AND MINER'S THEATRES

WEEK-END PROGRAMMES

George O'Brien gets more than his usual high quota of action, speed and thrills into "Triple Justice," a story of revenge that moves swiftly through the rugged "country of Old Arizona, into frontier towns, desert had lands and across the border to Mexico. Starting with a spectacular hank robbery, its climax is a deadly gun battle at a Mexican fiesta. Virginia Vale, who has supplied tlr: popular star's romantic interest in his ' last five vehicles, once more has the ' feminine lead in "Triple Justice," ' showing at the Academy tosupporting picture, is from the Uni- ■ versal studio and traces the weird ad- : ventures of an expeditionary group ■ searching for the tomb of an Egypt- ■ ian princess. This latest venture into ! the realms of eerie entertainment is based on a legendary death-curse, said to have been handed down by the ancient gods' of Egypt, on all who at- ! tempt to defile the tombs of Egyptian , royalty. Dick Foran and Peggy Moran appear in the romantic roles. i "Dark Command," starring Walter ■ Pidgeon, John Wayne and Claire ; Trevor, will lie shown at the Aca- • demy Theatre to-morrow. The story > I ells of a colourful era or American i history and is based on the life of i one of the greatest of all land-pirates, i the treacherous William Cantrell. , border guerilla, whose gang of cut- ■ throats raided and looted North and ; South alike along the Kansas- Missouri border before and after the Civil War, although Cantrell posed as ■ a Southern sympathiser with a violent hate for Kansas. His hectic reign was finally brought to an end with the failure of his plot to take his band to Washington and kill Lincoln. In the supporting picture, "The Golden Fleecing," the machinations of racketeers are turned to hilarious use in the comical adventures of Lew Ayres among a group of the toughest denizens of a big city. Ayres plays Henry Twinkle, insurance clerk who, through the mistake of selling a £.10,000 policy to a fugitive gangster, has to trail him to save his job. Tlie trail runs through gaols and high finance, desperate encounters with lough criminals, a breach of promise case, and numerous other troubles which keep him in a whirl of trials and tribulations. Described as a romantic comedy set to music. Universal's tuneful farce, "Margie," conies to the Miners' Theatre to-morrow. Tom Brown is seen as a young composer and Nan , Grey portrays the pretty wife who , inspires him to write the song "Mar- , gic," bearing her name. The story ' follows the exciting adventures j which confront the pair when they j go separate ways to try for success c in different careers. f