AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 22, 11 April 1938, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

"MARKED WOMAN” When an actress of Bette Davis’ dramatic stature is cast in a film that is powerful, vivid and dynamic—-that’s

real entertainment ! Last year Bette received the award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (top prize of all for the best sci'een performance by an actress). "Marlied Woman” which screens at ohe De Luxe Theatre to-night and Tuesday undoubtedly will put her among those considered for the 1837 gold statuette. In it, she i.s alternately' tender, hard and gay, and, versatile actress that she is, she does them all admirably. Bette plays one-.of half a dozen night ciuh girls who are forced by their overlord, a racketeer who buys the place, into helping him to rob the patrons, both by overcharging and Injuring them into his gambling rooms. This big boss is played by id.luardo Oiannelli. who was so sensational i:i both stage and screen versions of "Winterset”. ,I'lie other girls of the night-club arc Isabel Jewell, Jane Bryan, Rosalind Marquis. Lola Lane and Mayo Methot. Jane Bryan, a newcomer to the screen, turns in a particularly fine performance as Bette’s schoolgirl sister. A patron of tiie night-club is killed bv Ciannellis henchman. This brings to hurricane force the storms of indignation that have been growing throughout th“ city against racketeers. By dint .of bribing and intimidation, Channel !i and his gang have gained control or every night-club in the city, leaving a trail of blood in their wake. But their murderous deeds are hushed up, and bail is always available in an.) amount to rescue loyal henchmen who become embroiled in the law. .1 hey are law to themselves, apparently immune to punishment. The brave young attorney who dares to arrest and prosecute them is Humphrey Bogart. fresh from his recent triumphs in "Petrified Forest” and "Bullets or Ballots”. With the aid of the night club girls—especially Bette, whose own young sister met a tragic death through her association with the un-derworld-lie is able t 0 break up racketeering and place its b:g shots behind the bars. 'The girls give their testimony with the full knowledge that they face the underworld’s vengeance. “THEIM'I COES MY CURL” Co-starring one of the .screen’s most popular teams, Gene Raymond and Aim Kotliern. "There Goes My G.il”. a high-voltage newspaper drama charged with romance, reportorial rivalry. and a murder mystery, is coming to the De Luxe 'Theatre to-night and Tuesday. v Two ace reporters on -rival newspapers are deeply in love. Their, marriage is frustrated by the hard-shelled city editor of the sheet the girl works foi, who can’t see why his star newshawk should succumb to mushy sentimentality. Dangling the bait of a sensational story under the pretty nose of his girl reporter, he twice side track 5 the pending nuptials. But Ins villainy does not end' there.