ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22244, 13 January 1944, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES THEATRE ROYAL “Remember Pearl Ilurbour,” featuring Donald Harry, Fav .McKenzie and Alan Curtis, is a thrilling- drama of the elTect of Japanese treuchery on the American people. “Under Your Mat” is the screen version of the London musical comedy hit, with Jack llulbert and Cecily Courtneidge in the roles in which they were so successful on the stag-e. It is a gay and tuneful production. . REGENT THEATRE “Journey for Margaret” is a very appealing drama, with the London blitz as a background. Robert* Young. Laraine Day and Fay Painter head tlie cast. In “Hit the Ice,” which will be screened on Friday, with Abbott and Costello leading the futimaking, Glnny Simms, radio entertainer, will sing “I’d Like to Set you to Music,” “I’m Like a Fish Out or Water,” and “Happiness Bound.” johnny Long and his orchestra feature “Slap Polka,” in the Ice skating sequence. STATE THEATRE “Play Girl” is an appealing romantic drama, with Kay Fraijcis and James Ellison in the chief romantic roles and Nigel Bruce and Mildred Coles prominent in support. “Swing it, Soldier, ’is a gay story of radio funsters, with plenty of tuneful music and merry comedy. Ken Murray and Frances Langford head the cast. No fewer than ten song hits are introduced. CIVIC THEATRE “Snow White and the Seven Dwarrs,” Walt Disney’s line production, continues to draw large audiences, it is a delightful fantasy, and the fact that it is in technicolour adds to its spectacular elTect, while the tuneful songs introduced are a pleasing feature. Snow White is an appealing heroine, and the Seven Dwarfs, especially little Dopey, prove as popular as ever with adults as well as children. Scenes in lhe forest are particularly effective—some weird, some charming, but all delightfully (lone. ROXY THEATRE “Bad Men of Arizona” brings back realistically the old lawless days on the border, with Richard Dix, Kent Taylor and Edgar Buchanan heading the cast. “Wings and the Woman” tells the life story of Amy Johnson and James Mollison and shows how a great romance was wrecked. Anna Neagle appears as Amy Johnson and Rob eft New toil as James Mollison.