AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 162, 24 March 1939, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

‘‘FORTY-FIVE FATHERS” ■; I Prepare fox' hearty laughter when you' see Jane Withers in “Forty-live Fathers” at the De |Aixe Theatre Saturday. for •:)>era r .jm.a- didhian comedy "There are" many hilariptis situations, such as one in which’Jane takes lessons in classical dancing against her wish. Jane gets excellent assistance from the Hartmans, a team new to ■picture' audiences, who do tricks and comedy dancing. When the three are together they create roars of laughter. The action is last, ending with an hilarious scene in a courtroom where the Hartmans, making use of their talents as ventriloquists. disrupt the trial. You’ll enjoy every minute of this. Don’t miss it. • ALCATRAZ ISLAND” America’s most widely publicised penitentiary, that "Big Rock” situated in the chill waters of San Francisco Bay is brought to the motion picture screen for the first time in “Alcatraz Island,” a thrilling melodrama which screens Saturday at the De Luxe Theatre.

Grim hut fascinating is this story of men who live outside the law, and of the men whose duty it is toi apprehend and convict them. Every moment is loaded with thrills as this drama moves swiftly to an unexpected and exciting climax; But “Alcatraz island” is more than a story of crime v. law and order. It also carries a splendid human story of love—both romantic and/ parental —and of exciting adventure on the mainland.

John Litel is featured as a racketeer who is, despite his business, rather likeable. Income tax evasion catches up with Litel just as it- did with Al Capone and other real-life racketeers. Gordon Oliver, a government attorney, procures his conviction. He is sent first to Leavenworth prison. There, in a fight with a lesser gangster, which is forced upon him, he is pronounced incorrigible, and transferred to Alcatraz.

An amazingly dramatic sequence <>f events, occurring Ik'bind the walls ol Alcatraz while the trial is going on. bring out the truth concerning the murder, and real justice has its way.