ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 14, 12 October 1942, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

King’s Theatre.—"Ball of Fire,” starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, is an unusual comedy, for It galas humour from Hie Impact of a night club entertainer on a cloistered group of pro lessors (Including Cooper) who are compiling an encyclopaedia. Having dealt with "Sex’’ and ''Slang," Gary Cooper meets Barbara Stanwyck and has to revise Ills work. She not only upsets the work on the encyclopaedia, -but re'' o *”: lionizes the lives ofithe learned men, most of all Gary..

aiajestic Theatre.—A story of extraordinary appeal is "The Vanishing .Virginian, It is tbe story of Cap’n Bob Yancey, a typical Southerner, who has almost become a fixture as Commonwealth attorney In a Virginian town. Fiery, he seems to spend many of his nights in the eelsa tor contempt of court, but while hating sins, he forgives the sinners and endears himself to all. Frank Morgan, as laughable and lovable as ever, fits Cap n Yancey like a glove.

I’lnza Theatre.-Those _ who remember Myrtle Tannehill and Hale Hamilton in the stage show some years ago will call to mind what a riot of comedy Twin Beds" was when it was played here. It has lost nothing of its hilarity in its transfer to the screen; In fact, the present version of it is funnier than ever and ought to be remembered as one of the year’s star comedy offerings. G eotgc Brent, Jean Bennett and . Aliseha, Auc . head the. cast.

St. James Tlieutro.—ln “Beyond the Blue Horizon" Dorothy Lainour looks as luscious as ever as the sarong-clad oe'lgoler of a wealthy .Jungle explorer who, with his wife, was snuffed out by a cluiny-footed wife was snuffed out by a clumsy-footed Horizon" is Jolly good fun-rather like a stage show iu which the audience anti the cast Diav uu to each other. Richard Oen* ning, P Pa£rlcia Morison, Waller Abel. Jack llalcv and Elizabeth Patterson arc atao featured. Supports include a March ot Time, “India at War."

State Theatre. —In “Honolulu Lu” Lupe Velez is at her vivacious best, “giving alt. she’s got,” as the Americans say. Leo Carillo, whose name Is well-known to play-goers in New Zcalnncl, is in the chsl, and so is Bruce Bennett. Besides, there are a lot of sailors and songs. Ihere is a plot, too, but it requires no Einstein to unravel it. “Blondie in Society, the second feature, with Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake and Larry Sims, is one of those happy little pictures to laugh at.

Opera House—Patriotism in occupied countries- and the adventures of British bomber crows befriended by the Dutch after lulling but, are the framework ot “One of Our Aircraft is Missing.” Hie men arc forced to bale out on a return from a Ruhr raid, and the otory goes from this hide-out to that, from one group ot Dutch people to another, and. like life itself, has its high moments and its dull patches. It is a compliment of high order to the Netherlands, for it seems that the good people of Holland are V-mlnded to the last woman, and almost to the last man.

Tudor Theatre.—“To the Shores of Tripoli” continues its very successful run in Wellington, having been transferred to the Tudor after five weeks at the' King’s Theatre. It depicts the trials and tribulations of a precocious young man sent by his father, a captain in the last war, to be trained as a marine. The second feature is "Tim Cowboy and the Blonde,” aii hilarious comedy starring Mary Beth Hughes and George Montgomery. SUBURBAN THEATRES Empire (Island Bay).—“Babes on Broadwav.” Mickey Rooney, .Indy Garland; “Mississippi Gambler.” Kent Taylor, John Lite!. Regal (Karori).—"Shadow of the Thin Man,” William Powell, Myrna Loy; “Four Jacks; and a Jill," Ray Bolger, Ann Shirley. Ascot (Newtown). —“A Yank in the R.A.F.," Betty Grable, Tyrone Power; “Riders of the Purple Sage,” George Montgomery, Mary Upward. Tivoli (Thorndon). — “Hellzapoppin’,” Olsen and Johnson: “Sullivan’s Travels,” Joel McCrea. Veronica Lake. Rivoli (Newtown).— "The Corsican Brothers," Dougins Fairbanks, Junr; “The Mad Doctor of Market Street,” Lionel Atwill. Umi Merkel. King George (Lower Hutt).—“Smiling Through." Jennette MacDonald. Brian Alierne. lie Luxe (Lower Hutt). —"A Yank on the Burma Road.” I.araine Day, Barry Nelson: "Scattergood Meets Broadway,” Guy Kibbce. Klnrara (Kilbirnie). —“The Fleet’s In,” Dorothy Lamour, William Holden; “The Saint’s Vacation,” Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray. Prince Edward (YVoburn). —“Suspicion,” Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine; “Mr. Bug Goes to Town.” Capitol (Miramar). —"Unfinished Business." Irene Dunne, Robert Montgomery; “Citadel of Crime,” Robert Armstrong, Linda Hayes. Vogno (Brooklyn).—“Obliging Young Lady,” John Carroll, Edmund O’Brien; “Magic in Music,” Allan Jones, Margaret Lindsay.