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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22506, 14 September 1938, Page 5

CIVIC

“WISE GIRL” An exciting comedy drama with crackling dialogue, presenting an unusual romance, is “Wise Girl,” which stars Miriam Hopkins and Ray Milland. It begins on Friday at the Civic. The romance concerns two natural enemies—a tempestuous Park Avenue beauty and a defiant Greenwich Village artist. The girl has promised to help her wealthy father to gain custody of his two orphan grandchildren who live with their uncle and legal guardian, a youth with a precarious income.

Upon this premise are built the story’s dramatic and comic situations, the chief of which is the love affair between Milland and Miriam Hopkins when the latter, posing as a destitute actress, meets the artist with the idea of double-crossing him, but suddenly finds herself in love with him. Tense moments arise when the grandfather, in spite of the girl's protests, carries out his scheme to gain custody of the children, whereby Miriam Hopkins’s real identity and her apparent treachery are revealed to the artist. In a hilarious climax the heiress manages to convince him of her love and at the same time forces him to mend his idle ways. At present showing at the Civic is “Lily of Laguna,” starring Nora Swinburne. CRYSTAL PALACE “HAPPY LANDING” AND “A TRIP TO PARIS” Sonja Henie, whose films have astonished the entire world with her skill as a skater and an actress, is reunited with Don Ameche, in her third hit, “Happy Landing,” which begins at the Crystal Palace for a return season on Friday. Surpassing the breathless sensations of “Thin Ice,” with sparkling songs, by Pokrass and Yellen, the Norse star, breathlessly in love, brings happy tidings. Cesar Romero, cast as an egocentric orchestra leader who, with his companion, Don Ameche, flies across the Atlantic, starts this musical on a fastmoving pace. An ocean fog puts the airmen off their course and they land in Norway, where Jean Hersholt’s five daughters (one of them Sonja) are happily engaged in a “brides’ fair” festival. The second feature is “A Trip to Paris,” presenting the Jones Family in hilarious adventures. At- present showing is “Thank You. Mr Moto,” starring Peter Lorre. CHRISTCHURCH CINEMAS, LIMITED An exciting story of romance and adventure. “Test Pilot,” with Clark Gable. Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy, is the current attraction at the Regent. “0 ( n Our Selection.” the Australian classic, starring Bert Bailey and Fred Mac Donald, is showing at the Majestic. “Aussie,” the boxing kangaroo, is appearing on the stage. Three popular stars. Gladys Swarthout, John Bo.es, and John Barrymore, appear in “Romance in the Dark." which is at the Tivoli.

The current double bill at the Liberty presents "Ladies in Love,” with Janet Gaynor, Loretta Young, Constance Bennett,, and Simone Simon, and “Sea Devils,” with Victor McLaglen.

At the Grand, "The Widow from Monte Carlo,” starring Warren William and Dolores del Rio, and “Personal Maid’s Secret,” starring Margaret Lindsay and Warren Hull, are showing.