CIVIC

Southland Times, Issue 24228, 11 September 1940, Page 8

CIVIC

NOW SHOWING—“THE MAN WHO CRIED WOLF” (Lewis Stone, Barbara Read. Tom Brown) and “MELODY FOR TWO” (James Melton, Patricia Ellis). BEGINNING FRIDAY—“MARINES FLY HIGH” (Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Lucille Ball. Steffi Duna) and “DOUBLE CRIME IN THE MAGINOT LINE” (Victor Franchen, Vera Korene). Two flying officers in love with the same girl find themselves involved in adventures with bandits before the romance is straightened out in “Marines Fly High.” There is a tropical background to this fastmoving picture. COMING ATTRACTIONS—“MR MOTO’S GAMBLE” (Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Dick Baldwin, Lynn Bari. Douglas Fowley, Jayne Regan. Maxie Rosenbloom); “RENEGADE RANGER” (Rita Hayworth. Tim Holt. Ray Whitley); “CONVICTED WOMEN” (Rochelle Hudson. Frieda Inescourt. June Lang); “TWO-FISTED RANGER” (Charles Starrett. Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Bill Cody jnr.). MAJESTIC NOW SHOWING—“LET’S BE FAMOUS” (Sonnie Hale, Jimmy O’Dea. Betty Driver) and “BLACK LIMELIGHT” Raymond Massey, Joan Marion. Walter Rudd). BEGINNING FRIDAY—“THE FATAL HOUR” (Boras Karloff. Grant Withers. Marjorie Reynolds) and “BLONDIE ON A BUDGET” (Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simm).

“Fatal Hour” is the story of a murder at police headquarters. Mr Wong, famous Chinese detective, is called in to solve a mystery which completely baffles the law. Boris Karloff gives a polished performance in the leading role.

COMING ATTRACTIONS—“THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL” (John Garfield and the Dead End Kids); “WOLF OF NEW YORK” (Edmund Lowe. Rose Hobart, James Stephenson, William Demarest); “OUR LEADING CITIZEN” (Bob Burns, Susan Hayward, Joseph Allen jnr.. Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Bickford); “ZANZIBAR” (Samuel S. Hinds, Lola Lane, James Craig):

THEATRE ROYAL. WINTON

WEDNESDAY—“THE STORM” (Barton McLane, Charles Bickford, Preston Foster). FRIDAY AND SATURDAY (INCLUDING SATURDAY' MATINEE).—“THE WIZARD OF OZ” (Judy Garland). COMING ATTRACTIONS—“WAY DOWN SOUTH” (Bobby Breen); “GOODBYE MR CHIPS” (Robert’Donat).

THE EMPIRE, RIVERTON

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY—“JUST AROUND THE CORNER” (Shirley Temple, Charles Farrell). COMING ATTRACTIONS—“DUKE OF WEST POINT” (Tom Brown. Joan • Fontaine): “SHIPWARD SALLY” (Gracie Fields): “LISTEN DARLING” (Freddie Bartholomew, Judy Garland); “BACHELOR MOTHER” (David Niven, Ginger Rogers). OTAUTAU SATURDAY—“THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE” (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers). COMING ATTRACTIONS—“EAST SIDE OF HEAVEN” (Bing Crosbie, Joan Blondell); “FAST AND LOOSE” (Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell).