MUNICIPAL THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 37, 27 February 1937, Page 16

MUNICIPAL THEATRE

REAL ENTERTAXNMENT. A real piece of entertainment is Uni* versal's iilm, "Bendezvous at Midnight," which screens to-day at the Municipal Theatre,, with Bal; / Bellamy and a charming, young English actress, Valerie Hobson, in the leading roles. Bellamy in the role of Bob Edmonds, has just replaced Myles Crawford, played by Arthur Vinton, as poiice commissioner of New Yoxk City, and i s heading an investigation of Crawford 's grafting activities while he wai" in office. Crawford in a desperate effort to save himself, 7frames" Sandra Eogers, pjayed by Valerie Hobson, the new commissioner 'a sweetheart, and tells her he will ruin her in the newspapers if she does not persuade Edmonds to stop the investigation. She refuses, and tells him she could MU him without batting an eyelid. And then Crawford is reatly Mlledl And every bit of evidence unearthed pointa conclusively to Sandra 'a guilt. The trials and tribulations of foraier Kussian aristoerats who become rel'u* gees in America, is one of the many interesting highlights in the plot of s ' Strange Wives," also at the Municipal. It is one of the most amuslng screen plays of the year, with Eoger Pryor and June Clayworth in the leading roles. Among the outstanding liat of supportlng players are Esther Ralston, Hugh O'Connell, Balph Porbes, Francis L. Sullivan, Cesar Bomero, Valerie Hobson, Phyliss Brooks, Ivan Lebedeff, Leslie Fenton and many othera.