AMALGAMATED THEATRES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1938, Page 4

AMALGAMATED THEATRES

FILMS FOR 1939. MANY MAJOR PRODUCTIONS. Details of films to be shown during 1939 at theatres in New Zealand controlled by Amalgamated Theatres Ltd., have been announced by the managing director, Mr J. R. Moodabe. The films ’’’’ll he shown in Masterton at the State Theatre. They are uie proauctions of Gaumont British Dominion Films Ltd., 20th CenturyFox, United Artists and R.K.O. Studios. Admirers of George Bernard Shaw will be intrigued by the screen version of his famous play “Pygmalion,” which created a sensation in England and America. Another outstanding production will be a first screening of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, “The Mikado.” It has been filmed in technicolour with a first-class English cast. Ben Travers, the author of "Rookery Nook” and “Cuckoo in the Nest,” will be represented by “So This is London.” The “Daring Age” will

star Pascha Heifetz, one of the world’s greatest violinists, in a fascinating romance. “The Four Feathers,” a success in silent form, will appear as a talkie, and Cary Grant will star in Rudyard Kipling’s “Gunga Din.” The Dionne quintuplets are to figure in “Five of a Kind,” and “Topper” is to make a welcome reappearance in “Topper Takes a Tour.” A gem of English fiction is brought to the screen by the presentation of Emily Bronte’s “Wurthering Heights.” “Wife, Husband and Friend” will feature Warner Baxter, Loretta Young -and Binnie Barnes. The Ritz Brothers will be seen in Dumas’s “The Three Muskateers,” and Tyrone Powe:, and Henry Fonda in , “Jesse James,” a etory of a Montana outlaw. THE YEAR’S PROGRAMME. •’? The films for 1939 include:— Twentieth Century-Fox:—“My Lucky .Star” and “Castles in Norway,” with Sonja Henie; “Suez,” with Tyrone Power, Loretta Young and Annabella; ‘Just Around the Corner,” “The Little Princess,” “Susannah of the Mounties ” with Shirley Temple; “Kentucky,” m technicolour, starring Loretta Young; “Jesse James,” in technicolour, will: Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda; ‘Five of a Kind,” with the Dionne Quintuplets; “Wife, Husband and Friend,” with Warner Baxter, Loretta Young and Binnie Barnes; “Submarine Patrol,” with Richard Greene and George Bancroft; “Thanks for Everything,” a musical film, starring Adolphe Menjou; “Girl from Brooklyn,” starring Alice Faye, Warner Baxter, Charles Winninger; “Tail Spin,” with Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Charles Farrell; “Alexander Graham Bell,” featuring Tyrone Power; “Rose of Washington,” “The Three Musketeers,” “Straight Place and Show,” with the Ritz Brothers. There will also be a series of Jones Family stories, Charlie Chan stories, and the. Jane Withers series. The supports include “Roving Reporter” series and “Camera Daredevils.” Gaumont-British-Dominions: “Pygmalion,” by Bernard Shaw, featuring Leslie Howard; “The Mikado,” in technicolour, with Kenny Baker; Keep Smiling” and “Sally of the Shipyard,” with Grade Fields; two Annabella productions; “So This is London,” a Ben Travers story; “Climbing High,” with Jessie Matthews; “Crackajack,” with Tom Walls. United Artists: These include films from the . studios of six producers. Among them are: “The Cowboy and the Lady,” with Gary Cooper; “The Daring Age,”, featuring Jascha Heifez; “Wuthering Heights,” with Merle Oberon; “The Hast Frontier,” with Gary Cooper; “Prison Without Bars,” “Four Feathers,” in technicolour; “The Thief of Baghdad,” in technicolour, with Sabu: “Over the Moon,”’in technicolour; "The First and the Last,” “Conquest of the Air,” “The Young in Heart ” with Janet Gaynor; “Made For Each Other;” “Trade Winds;" “Stage Coach;” “Winter Carnival;” “The Illusionist;” “The Duke of West Point; “The Man in the Iron Mask; Kit carson, Avenger;” “King of the Turf; “South of Pago Pago;’/ “Topper Takes a Tour;” “Captain Midnight; Water Gipsies;” “The Rebel Son." . R.K.0.-Radio: “Sixty Glorious Years,” with Anna Neagle; “Gunga Din,” with Cary Grant; “Fisherman s Wharf" and "Via New York,” featuring Bobbv Breen; “The Castles, ’ with Frea Astaire and Ginger Rogers; “Room Service,” with the Marx Brothers, "Pure in Mind," with Anne Shirley; “Pacific Liner,” with Victor McLaglen; “Love Affair,” with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer; “The Flying Irishman, with Douglas Corrigan; “The Saint Series.” The shorts from RKO-Radio include “March of Time” and Mickey Mouse cartoons, and Walt Disney productions. including the following: Ferdinand the Bull,” “The Practical Pig, “The Autograph Hound,” “Brave Little Tailor,” “The Ugly Duckling,” “Mother Goose Goes Hollywood,” and 12 other films in technicolour.