AT THE THEATRES

Southland Times, Issue 24234, 18 September 1940, Page 8

AT THE THEATRES

NOW SHOWING —“ANOTHER; THIN MAN” (William Powell, . Myrna. Lpy; : Vir-.l ginia Grey, Otto ; Kruger.;!C.l Aubrey Smith, and Asta). ’ ' i

Mystery and comedy are. adroitly, combined' in the.'latest Thin"Man' ad-' venture. This time, there is' a baby to' deprive Asta of 'first place ’in the detective’s household. As in - all these pictures, the crime, in the background is ingeniously- contrived.

BEGINNING ‘ - SATURDAY.—“JUDGE HARDY AND. SON” (Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney,. Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford). COMING ATTRACTIONS—“SWEETHEARTS” (Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Morgan, Mischa Auer, Fay,'Holden,. Florence Rice): “VIRGINIA'. CITY”' (Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Alan Hale. Humphrey Bogart); “THE SECRET OF DR. KILDARE” (Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Larralne Day).

CIVIC NOW SHOWING—“MR MOTO’S GAMBLE” (Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Dick Baldwin, Maxie Rosenbloom) and “RENEGADE RANGER?’ (George O’Brien, Rita Hayworth,. Tim Holt). BEGINNING FRIDAY—“CONVICTED WOMEN” (Rochelle Hudson. Frieda Inescourt, June Lang) and “TWO FISTED RANGER” (Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith). Life in a woman’s prison is revealed in “Convicted Woman,” which tells of an innocent girl’s sufferings, her friendship with other girls behind bars, and her - struggle for freedom and happiness. COMING ATTRACTIONS—“LOVE AND HISSES” (Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Simone Simon, Bert Lahr, Joan Davis); “THE NURSE FROM BROOKLYN” (Sally Eilers, Paul Kelly, Larry Blake); “PRAIRIE LAW’ (Virginia Vale, Dick Hogan); “POP ALWAYS PAYS” (Leon Errol, Dennis O’Keefe). MAJESTIC NOW SHOWING—“THE MAGNIFICENT FRAUD” (Akim Tamiroff, Lloyd Nolan, Patricia Morison, Mary Boland) and “MILLION DOLLAR LEGS” (Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, Dorothea Kent, Larry Crabbe). BEGINNING FRIDAY—“THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL” (John Garfield, The Dead End Kids, Ann Sheridan, Claude Raines, May Robson, Gloria Dickson) and “TORCHY GETS HER MAN” (Glenda Farrell, Barton Mac Lane, Tom Kennedy).

In “They Made Me A Criminal,” John Garfield has the role of a boxer who faces a false murder charge and goes into hiding on a Californian farm. His romance with a country girl leads to emotional developments and an exciting climax.

COMING ATTRACTIONS—“CAPTAIN CALAMITY” (George Houston); “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).

STATE NOW SHOWING—“BOY SLAVES” (Anne Shirley, Roger Daniel, America’s Little Tough Guy Gang—“ Tim,” "Knuckles,” “Miser,” “Lolly,” “Peewee.” “Atlas”). BEGINNING FRIDAY—“PINOCCHIO” (Walt Disney’s feature Technicolour Cartoon).

The famous story' of a puppet that became a little boy and encountered some wild adventures in search of a conscience is re-told for the screen in Walt Disney’s feature-length cartoon. Quaint characters, spectacular scenes and lilting music are presented in a unique production.

COMING ATTRACTIONS—“REBECCA” (Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Nigel Bruce, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Denny); “ON THE NIGHT OF THE FIRE” (Ralph Richardson, Diana Wynyard); “IRENE” (Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, . Roland Young, Billie Burke, May Robson. Arthur Treacher); “DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK” (Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda).