AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 34, 20 May 1938, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

“MAN IN POSSESSION” Two of tlie outstanding names in the film firmament are co-starred in “Mail in Possession,” which will be the attraction at the Do Luxe Theatre on Saturday and Monday. They arc Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor, making their first appearance together in the comedy-drama, based on the H. M . Harwood stage'play, “.Man in Possion,” which enjoyed a hit run on the New York stage.

In the supporting east are Reginald Owen, Una O’Connor, Henrietta Crosman, E. E. Clive, Cora. Witherspoon, Maria Shelton. Forrester Harvey, Lionel Braham and Barnett Parker. The story of “-Van in Possession” casts 31iss Harlow as -Mrs Crystal Wetherby, who poses in London society as a wealthy American widow, but who is actually impoverished and is being pursued by her creditors. W hen Taylor, playing the part of Raymond Dabney., is given a job as a sheriff s officer assigned to watch the personal property, of -M.rs Wetherby, she induces him to pose as her butler in order not to “give her away” before a man whom she hopes to marry for his money and thus liquidate her debts. Since this man turns out to be none J'thor tiian Dabney’s brother, who, under the impression that Mrs Wetherby is rich, similarly plans to marry her for her money, the complications run thick and fast to make one of the' merriest and most hilarious screen comedies ol the year. “HEIR TO TROUBLE” An action fill outdoor drama a hounding .in thrilling fist fights, eagle-eye shooting and trick riding pills a comedy angle, just about describes the ontertnining new Ken Maynard him, “Heir to Trouble,’’ which screens at the De Luxe Theatre on Saturday and .Monday.

K(‘ti plays a coy boy who turns miner with complication's varying irom explosions to kidnapping. Several threads of action, running through the story, come to climaxes that are hairraising and unexpected. Unique in that it combines the best elements of the screen mystery with the action picture, “Heir to Trouble” marks a new day in superior western productions. - ' '