ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21758, 18 June 1942, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES ROXY THEATRE “Kipps” brings the well-loved figure of 11. Wells’ romance to the screen in j lifelike fashion. .Michael Redgrave apI pears in the title role and Margaret LockI wood and Diana Wyuyard are tne women lin his life. “Meet the Wildcat,” a thrill- : lug mystery story, is also screened, with Ralph lU'ilamy * and .Margaret Lindsay | heading the cast. CIVIC THEATRE Bernard Shaw’s plays are Being brought to the screen very successfully.. In "Major Barbara” the Shavian witticisms i are as biting us they are enjoyable. The ! story Is ol' a girl, daughter of a munitions i king, who becomes a saivution Army oilicer. | R ! “Moon over Miami,” a sparkling musical jj film, In teehniculour, will be screened to- | = morrow. It introduces some tuneful | melodies and a gay romance. THEATRE ROYAL “Yes, Madam,” is a gay musical com- I edy, with plenty of tuneiul songs, clever | dances and merry comeoy, white a delightful romance is worked out. “Blondie in Society” and “Road Agent” will be screened tomorrow, making a well-con-trasted and entertaining programme. STATE THEATRE i Two well-contrasted films provide an entertaining programme. “Women without .Names ’ tells how a young couple— Ellen Drew and Robert Paige—are falsely accused of murder, and of their efforts to prove their Innocence. Romance and war hit the range country at the same time in the “HopaJong Cassidy” outdoor action thriller, “The Frontiersmen,” featuring William Boyd and Evelyn Venable. REGENT THEATRE “The Great Waltz,” telling the story of Johann Strauss, introduces the lovely Strauss melodies—" Tales of the Vienna Woods,” “There’ll Conte a Time,” “When We Were Young,” ‘Tin in Love with Vienna,” the Blue Danube Waltz, and others. The strong cast includes Fernand Cravet as the composer, Luise Rainer as his wife, and Militza Korjus as the glamorous singer, “shadow of the Thin Man,” with William Powell and Myrna Loy, will head the new programme tomorrow.