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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 446, 31 May 1937, Page 8

job as a hostess. She found she was able to obtain some extra work and for two years worked obscurely in the British film studios. Then, one lucky day, Alexander Korda "discovered” her eating in the studio commissary and signed her. Her run of luck had changed. The actress who was to play the lead in “Wedding Rehearsal” fell ill and Merle got the part. A lead in “Men of To-morrow” followed. Then came the role of Anne Boleyn in “The Private Life of Henry VIII,” which made the beauty and talent of Merle Oberon a topic of international discussion. “Thunder in the East,” 'Broken Melody,’ and ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel” added to her fame. Then came Hollywood. She appeared opposite Maurice Chevalier in “Follies Bergere” and was signed to a starring contract with Samuel Goldwyn, for whom she made “The Dark Angel,” “These Three” and the current “Beloved Enemy,” all of which were released through United Artists. ' The story of “Beloved Enemy” casts Brian Aherne and Merle Oberon as a man and woman from two warring worlds who fall madly in love and follows their romance, carried on under fire, with both risking their lives to snatch a few hours together. Against shifting backgrounds the story proceeds to a thrilling climax. King’s Theatre. “Without Orders” . The rugged, mountainous country of the north-west forms the setting of “Without Orders," RKO Radio’s exciting romance of commercial aviation, which Will screen at the King’s Theatre. The producers have packed plenty of thrills and a notable amount of heart interest into the screen version of this Peter B. Kyne story, and a finely-chosen cast and excellent direction combine to make the picture an outstanding offering. The plot centres around the profet:sional rivalry of two transport flyers and their personal rivalry over a pretty air hostess. One of the pilots, the son of the owner of the lines, comes to work for the company after a sen. Rational career as a stunt flyer, but his unfitness to handle a big tnansport plane is evident to everyone but his doting father. The flyer twice endangers the lives of his passengers by his foolhardiness and cowardice. A clever handled romance, and a gripping climax when a plane is lost in a storm over the Idaho mountains and the leckless pilot deserts his post, afford absorbing moments to film-goers. Robert Armstrong and Sally Eilers, in the romantic roles ot an experienced pilot and hip stewardess, turn in finely charactisjd poitiayjts Both are pilots ’a real i.fe. Hilarious comedy played against a background of a newspaper cameraman’s adventures forms the theme ot "They Wanted to Marry,” RKO Radio’s latest screen romance, also on the same programme. The picture deals' with the dizzy love affair between a roving photographer and a society heiress. The two fall in love soon after meeting at a fashionable wedding, but no matter what road they take toward getting married, they Wind up in the city gaol without benefit of matrimony.

This result ie discouraging to the two participants, but it offers plenty of laughter to the . audience. The situations are further complicated by an indignant father, a timorous butler, a well-meaning friend and, last, but not least, ( *Emily,’* the hero’s carrier pigeon.