AMUSEMENTS KING’S THEATRE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20009, 7 August 1939, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATRE

“JESSE JAMES”: LAST DAY Tiie adventures and daring exploits' of the most colourful outlaw of the United States, "Jesse James,” will conclude a record season at the King's Theatre to-night. Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda are -tarred. —Mr. Motto in “Danger Island” and “Dark Rapture”: To-morrow — In 20th. Century-Fox's “Danger Island,” which opens to-morrow at, the King’s Theatre, Peter Lorre is starred as the famous detective, Mr. Moto. The scene is Uncle Sam’s island possession in the West Indies, Porto Rico, where American life rubs elbows with strange native customs and modern efficiency collides with weird superstitions fostered by the ghost- of the Spanish Main. In this most baffling of Moto mysteries, the wily detective is embroiled in a

gigantic diamond smuggling case and a string of ruthless murders. Moto has the ,assignment directly from Washington, itself, as [he lawless flow

of precious stones from Potio Rico threatens 'to topple the jewel market ail over the world. Jean ITersholt, famed for his screen interpretation of “The Country Doctor." shows a new facet of his many-sided talent in the role of .a wealthy shipowner who does his best to impede the official investigation of the smuggling problem. The associate feature. “Dark Rapture,’’ is an authentic jungle film depicting the loves, dangers, and secret rituals of the Belgian Congo. It is said to do sensational.