AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20123, 18 December 1939, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATRE “THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES.” ' “The Hound of the Bnskervilles,” which will have its final screening at the King'.; Theatre to-night, luis tall, spare, hawk-like Basil Rathbone in the role of the great detective. He is co-feaiured with Richard Greene and Wendy Bairie. In this great story th.e master of a thousand mysteries pits his cunning against the giant unearthly beast that roams the fog-enshrouded English moor with blazing eyes and bared fangs, terrorising the countryside. striking 1 error into the hearts of two young lovers and leaving a trail os terrifying tliat only Sherlock Holmes dare follow, '.tig -1 Bruce plays the famous Dr, Warson, the great defective's constant eo.noanion. There are strong support i.

—"Way Down South" and “Almost a Gentleman”: To-morrow—

The reputation of Bobby Breen, whose tah’ito include an excellent voice and not inconsiderable acting ability, should gain much by hir work in “Way Down South," his latest picture which opens to-morrow at the King's Theatre. In some of his earlier

pictures there was a tendency for the action to be halted too much to enable the producers to get their money’s worth from the young actor's voice, but that error has been avoided in. this case. The story deals with the adventures of a young orphan owner of a cotto i and sugar plantation (Bobby Breen) and his successiul efforts to thwart the evil intentions of the executor of hjs father's estate who plans to sell most of the slaves. Alan Mowbray, Steffi Duna. and Sally Blane figure in the cast—and there is some fine singing by the Hall Johnson choir —they are. the slaves—and, of course. Bobby Breen The second big picture, “Almost a Gentleman." is an excellent story Bookings are heavy.