Selected Films For Whakatane During The Coming Week

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 75, 8 April 1949, Page 3

Selected Films For Whakatane During The Coming Week

An improvement in the films being screened at Whakatane has been noticeable lately and the selection for the coming week is of a good standard. “TAP ROOTS” This is a film about Mississippi at the time of the American Civil War when the North fought the South. There is plenty of action, shooting, horses, lavish dinners and southern mansions thrown in and to top it off the women, almost without exception, are scrumptiously beautiful. The story concerns a small county, Lebanon, that refuses to secede to the state of Mississippi and the ensuing battle by those who refuse to give in. The rebels are ably assisted by a tough newspaper editor and duelist, Keith Alexander (Van Heflin). He has several squabbles with a beautiful southern belle, Susan Hayward, but the final battle scene and ending are unusual, to say the least. “SONG OF MY HEART” Of all the Russian composers Peter Tchaikovsky is probably the best known. Although the film of his life, “Song Of My Heart,” fails, in some ways, to tell his life as it really was his music is brought to the screen in such p. selection that the price of admission is worth paying just to hear it. His romance with the Russian princess, Amalya, is fully told and his later tours of Europe, England and America receive attention. A comparatively unknown Swedish star, Frank Sundstrom, takes the title role. “BIG CITY” Three men raise a little girl, Margaret O’Brien. Their experiences and arguments over her upbringing will bring laughs and a few tears to those who like this type of entertainment. Pleasant, harmless, but enjoyable is how this picture can best be described. “SCUDDA-HOO! SCUDDA HAY!”" An unusual title. But to those who don’t know it is used by mule drivers to help the animals along when they are hauling loads. The picture is laid in the mule business and tells the story of two boys who fight'over the same girl. A plot, full of complications smoothly told in. technicoiour will give most film fans a fair evening’s entertainment.