MUNICIPAL THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 38, 1 March 1937, Page 9

MUNICIPAL THEATRE

real entertaznment. A real piece of entertainment is Universal's film, "Kendezvous at Midnight, ' ' which. screen to-aight at the Municipal Theatre, with JBal; / Bellamy and-a eharming, young English aCtress, Valsria Hobson, in the leading roles. Bellamy in the role of Bob Edmonds, has just feplaced Myles Cranford, • played by Arthur Yinton, vas police eommissioner of New York City, and is heading an investigation of Crawfords grafting activities while he was in office. Crawford in a desperate effort to save himself, Tframes" Sandra Kogera, played by Valerie Hobson, the new commiesioner 's sweetheart, and tells her he will ruin her in the newspapera if she doea not persuade Ed* monda io stop the investigation. She. refuges^ and tells him , she could kill him without batting an eyelid. And then Crawford is really Mlledl' And every bit of evidehce -unearthed points conclnsively to Sandra 'a guilt, The trials and tribnlations" of fonrier Bustian" aristocrats who .become' rei'u* gees in America, is one of the many interesting highHghts in the plot of "Strange Wives,' ' also at the MnnieipaL It is one of the most amuslng screen plays of. the year, with Roger Pryor and Jnne Clayworth in the leading roles. Among the outstanding li-st of supportlng players are Esther Ralston, Hngh O'Connell, Ealph Forbes, Francis L. Sullivan, Cesar Romero, Valerie Hobson, Phyliss Brookri, Ivan Lebedeff, Leslie Fenton and mriny others*