COSY THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 33, 2 November 1937, Page 8

COSY THEATRE

«HILLS OF OLD WYOMING" AND "CBIME NOBODY SAW» , "Hills of Old Wyoming" and "Crime Nobody Saw," screen finall* to-nigbt. "Little Man/ Mascot's film versioa of the famous Louisa M. Alcott classic which bas been read by nearly a million Americans of three generations, starts at the Cosy Theatre to-morrow} Tbe screen "Little Men" closely follows the book's plot revolving around tbe delightful group of youngsters at Plumfield Scbool, in ' tbe quaint New, England of ,1870. It assertedly possesses an unusu.,1 depth of emotion ia' addition to many a quiet-smile, with strong romanite appeal for grown-ups as well as younger spectators. A oonple of street nrchins b&ing with them many complications wbea tbey enter scbool, and it is only. after a theft, a midnight fire/and the deathi of one of the boys that events work out to a bappy ending. It is the little, ordinary tbings xather tban the excitiing higbMgbts whicih mako "Little Men" not onlv an absorbing listorical document, But do not. get tbe idea tbat it i* tbe least bit dull, or tbat it is merely an inconsequential 'cbildren's storyj Tbe humorous understanding of the screen writersy Gertrude Orr and Kea Goldsmith, tbe smo'otb direction of Phil Bosen, and the unif ormly fin» acting by.;> every me'mber of an imposing cast which fairly combine to transpose aa immortal book to the "screen , with even more tban its original fineness and charm. "Hea'ding" tbe stellar cast are distinguished Balpb Morgan as "Tbe Professor," and Erin O'Brien-Moorf beautiful New York stage star.