COSY THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 61, 4 December 1937, Page 11

COSY THEATRE

"END or THE JtOAD" AND "OUTLAWS OE THE OREENT." Starring Sir Harry Lauder, "The End of the Road" screening at the Cosy tomorrow is packed with dramatic, human interest, beautiful scenery aud photography, fine aeting and, above all Sir Harry Lauder; and Sir Harry, appearing in the made-to-measure role of John MacGreggor, has never 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 life, with its pleasures and heartaches, as it comes, always with courage and a smile for all. Carefully woven in the story are Sir Harry's^popular songs and patter. Here is an artist who will never age, and his numbers, which include "The End of the Road" and "If Ever I Marry Again" seem more appealing. His aeting performance, too, is outstandii g and sincere. The exeiting story of one man's battle to save the desert oil fields from the rampages of Tartar bordes in the pay of a rival company is unfolded in Columbia's "Outlaws of the Orient," starring Jack Holt, which is the second feature at the Cosy. " Holt portrays a rugged American who, daysf before his approaching marriage, must rush baclc to China to save 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 hia job of ridding the oil fields of the harassments of the Tartar tribesmen. A special feature on the Cosy Theatre programme will be the film of the Napier Inter-House girls sports, a magnificent short eubject.