COSY THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 60, 3 December 1937, Page 9

COSY THEATRE

"SJNG ME A LOVE SONG." "Sing Me a Love Song" screens finally to-night at the Cosy Theatre. Starring Sir Harrjr Laudei'i "The End of the Road" screoning at the Cosy tomorrow is paoked with dramatic, human interest, beautifiil seenery and photography, fine acting and, above all Sir Harry Lauder; and Sir Harry, appearing in the made-to-measure role of John MacGreggor, has neyer shone brighter. The film has plenty of "The Good Companions" type of appeal; a simple tale of friendly travelling entertainers* headed by veteran John MacGreggor, who faces -Iife, with it3 pleasures and heartaches, ae it cameS, always with courage and a smile for all. Carefully woven in the story are Sir Ilarry's popular songs and patter. HerO is an artist who will never age, and his numbers, whieh include " The End of the Road" and "If Ever I Marry Again" seem moire appealing. His acting performanee, too, is outstandii'g and sineefe. The exciting story of one mau's battle to save the desert oi! fields from the rampages of Tartat bordes in the pay of a rival company is unfolded in Columbia's "Outlawa of thO Orient," starring Jack Holt, whioh is'the second feature at the Cosy. Holt portrays a ruggcd Ainerican who, days before his approaching marriage, must rush back to China tc^dave the fields from sabotage. Returning to the Gobi desert, he learns he must stay indefinitely, because his drinksodden brother, played by James BUsh, has almost hopelessly muddled the situation. - — Holt immediately plunges into his job of ridding the oil fields of the harassments of the Tartar tribesmen.