ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20774, 6 April 1939, Page 12

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT PROGRAMMES THEATRE ROYAL “Secret nf St-amboul” tells in l tional fashion of the British Soeret Service, and the romance and thrills of a great spy system. The exciting in' J cidents and interesting dialogue hold the close attention of the audience j and there is an almost breathtaking j climax. The British stage and screen slars Valerie Hobson and the late ; Frank Vosper, whose mysterious death ; caused a sensation a year or two ago. head the cast. “The Street Singer's Return’’ brings • hark the popular singer Arthur Tracy, who acts well and sings delightfully in an entertaining comedy romance. "SPRINGTIME IN' THE ROCKIES” 1 Gene Autry, the singing cowboy, is very popular, and in ' Springtime in ' the" Rockies.” to he screened on Sat- ’ urday he is sure to add to that popu- j larity. The Vampire Bat." an ex- i | citing melodrama, will also be shown. STATE THEATRE • The Great < I'Mnllcy" is a thrilling drama, filled with sensation. A i , charming romance is worked oul ! i as lh" plot develops. Pat I ; O’Brien gives a line performance in the lending role, and with him arc | . such talented players as Humphrey \ . Bogart. Sybil Jason. Ann Sheridan. ; Frieda Jncscort and Donald Crisp. j “Fugitive in the Sky” is a film of ; a different type but equally exciting j The stunts in the air are very sensn- j tional. while th<? romance with its ! aviation flavour is very appealing and j some, of the aerial “shots” are very | exciting. Jean Muir and Warren | Hull have the romantic leads, and also . in the strong cast are Gordon Oliver and Wini Shaw. “WHILE NEW YORK SLEEPS” Two exciting dramas, “While New York Sleeps,” featuring Jean Rogers and Michael Whalen, and "Pacific Liner,” with Victor McLaglen and Chester Morris, will be screened on 1 Saturday.

CIVIC THEATRE “The Private Life of Henry VIII.", deals mainly with Henry VIII.'s matrimonial difficulties and his questionable methods of solving them, and the setting of the film provides an absorbing picture of life in Tudor times. However, it is Charles Laughton’s fine histrionic performance as “Bluff King Hal” which makes the picture one of the best British films over produced. Merle Obcron, Robert Donat and others give excellent support. “GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT” “Gold is Where You Find It,” a tcchnicolour production starring George Brent and Olivia de Havilland, will be screened on Saturday. Based on the best selling novel of the same name by Clements Ripley, it is the story of the famous feud between the wheat ranchers and the hydraulic miners of California during the 1870's. REGENT THEATRE ‘Too Hot to Handle,” is a thrilling tale of adventure, with Clark Gable as Chris Hunter, employed by Union Newsreels to “cover” the Shanghai sector of the hostilities between Japan and China. His rival (Walter Pidgeon) decides to arrange a “scoop ' for himself and engages a woman flier (Myrna Loy . well known for her daring flights, to bring a serum to Shanghai. He proposes to obtain exclusive photographs of her arrival, but Hunter hears of the scheme and drives his newsreel truck on to the living field to block out his rival's camera with sensational results. "COUNT OF MONTE CRJSTO” “Count of Monte Cristo,” to .be screened on Saturday, tells how a man, after living for twenty years in a living grave, educated himself and steeled himself for a daring escape 1 Then he emerged as the Count of Monte Cristo with the wealth and power to drive three men to their graves as they had driven him to his! ROXY THEATRE While forty-five millionaire club members try to give Jane Withers that lrnisliing-sclioul finish, she goes on a wild rampage of joy in her funniest picture, "45 Fathers.” Jane studies Greek dancing with Sammy Cohen, to whom it is all Greek; studies Louise Henry's interest, in Thomas Beck, rescuii i- him from the snobbish society schemer; and then the ventriloquising Hartmans show her how to throw dancing, voices and discretion to the wind. "Prairie Thunder” is an exciting melodrama of the days when hostile Indians tried to prevent the white man from linking coast and coast with his railroads and telegraph lines, with the handsome, hard-riding Dick Foran as its hero “IN OLD CHICAGO” “In f , Old Chicago,” that exciting story of the historic fire in Chicago and its far-reaching effects, will be screened on Saturday. Alice Brady, Alice Faye, Tyrone Power and Don Ameche head the cast.