COSY THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 77, 23 December 1937, Page 3

COSY THEATRE

"THE LADY FIGHTS BACK" Presenting Irene Hervey as the vivacious girl manager of a niillionaires fishing club on a river in the great north woods, Universal's smasning comedy tiit, "The Lady Fights Back," screens at the uosy Theatre to-night. Off to a ruuiung s-tart with the opening seene, the picture ollers a inerry. mad carnival of iiumour and uonsense. into which is blended a sizzling roniance, with the boy and girl alternately makmg love and fightmg each other for coutrol of ■ the river Kent Taylor is cast opposite Miss Hervey as the young enguieer whoni she uieets when he ntistakes her i'or a boy, as she bends ovei a baulky speed-boat uiotor, and give.her a swii't kick m the seat of tbi pants. Uwen MernJJ (Kent Paylor), haud some youug engineer, arrives on the Aluskulaga nver in the beautifui moun tain country of the north to buiJd a dam. Eor years the river has been the privato fishing preserve of exclusive Maskalaga Salmon CJub. Prett.) Heather McMale (Irene Herveymanager ot the club, meets Owen when he nustakes her for a boy and gives hei a kick. in the seat of the pants. Learn uig bis missirm, she nnitiediately plans to use every feniinine tactic to outwit his projected dam. Through a trick. she delays Owen iwo da.ys at the club-house. During lazy afternoons of fishing they grow honestly fond of each other. Stubbornly, though, each ■ecrotly

schemes to outwU the other and win his objective. On the. stage the Oosy, management presents to-night Miss Faye Walker winner of tbe New Zealand Deanra Durbin contest. Mibs Walker has an excellent. singing voice and she will preacat snveral aelected ooloa.