ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 15, 13 October 1942, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

King’s Theatre. —“Ball of , fire,” starring Gary Cooper and Barbara btanwycK, is an unusual comedy, for it gains its humour from the impact of a night elub entertainer on a cloistered group of prolessors (including Cooper) who are compiling an encyclopaedia. Having dealt with “Sex” and “Slang,” Gary Cooper meets Barbara Stanwyck and has to revise his work. She not only upsets the work on the encyclopaedia, but revolutionizes the Ilves of the learned men, most of all Gary.

Opera Mouse.—Patriotism in occupied countries and the adventures of British bomber crews befriended by the Dutch after baling out, are the framework of “One of Our Aircraft is Missing.” The men are forced to bale out on a. return from a Ruhr raid, and the story goes from this hide-out to that, from one group or Dutch people to another. It is. a compliment of high order to the Netherlands.

St. James Theatre.—ln “Beyond the Blue Horizon” Dorothy Lamour looks as luscious as ever as the sarong-clad daughter of a wealthy jungle explorer who, with his wife, was snuffed out by a clumsy-footed elephant. “Beyond, the Blue Horizon” is jolly good, fun—rather like a stage show in which the audience and the cast play up to each other. Richard Denning, Patricia Morison, Walter Abel, Jack Halev and Elizabeth Patterson are also featured. Commencing on Friday is This Gnu for Hire,” starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Robert Preston.

State Theatre.—lp "Honolulu Lu” Lupe Velez is at her vivacious best, “giving all she’s got,” as the Americans say. Leo Carillo, whose name is well-known to play-goers in Now Zealand, is in the cast, and so is Bruce Bennett. Besides, there are a lot of sailors and songs. There 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.

Majestic Theatre.—A story of extraordinary appeal is "The Vanishing Virginian., It is the? 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 tho cells for 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.

Tudor Theatre.—“To the Shores of Tripoli” continues its very successful- run in Wellington. It depicts the trials and tribulations of a precocious young man sent by his father, a captain in the last war, to bo trained as a marine. The second feature is "The Cowboy and the Blonde,” an hilarious comedy starring Mary Beth Hughes and George Montgomery.

riazu' 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 Ileds” was when it was played here. It has lost nothing ot 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 ot tho year’s star comedy offerings. George Brent, Joan Bennett and Mischa Auer head the cast. SUBURBAN THEATRES King George (Lower Hutt).— “Smiling Through," Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne. ... , „ . Capitol (Miramar).—"Unfinished Business,” Irene Dunne, Robert Montgomery; "Citadel of Crime," Robert Armstrong, Linda Hayes. Vogue (Brooklyn).—“Obliging loiing Lady,” John Carroll, Edmund O’Brien; "Magic in Music,” Allan Jones, Margaret 1 (Karori). —“The Lady Has I’lans,” Ray Milland, Paulette GoddardAscot (Newtown). —"A Yank on the Burma Road,” Laralne Day, Barry Netson ; "Call It a Day,” Olivia de Havilland, lan Hunter. . Tivoli (Thorndou). —“Shadow of the Thin Man,” William Powell. Myrna Loy; "No Greater Sin.” Rivoli (Newtown).—"Hellzapoppin , Olsen and Johnson; “The Ghost of Frankenstein." Kinenm (Kilbirnle).—“Western Union, Robert Young, Randolph Scott; "Tough As They Come,” Dead End Kids. Pe Luxo (Lower Hutt).— ".Mississippi Gambler ” John Litel, Kent Taylor; "Where’s That Fire,” Will Hay, Moore Marriott. , , ~. , Prince Edward (Woburn).—"Hudson Bay," Paul Muni, Gene Tierney; “Four Jacks and a Jill,” Ray Bolger. Anne Shirley. Umpire (Island Bay).— Ihe Lorsican Brothers," Douglas Fairbanks. Junr.; "Henrv Aldrich for President.”