COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 February 1939, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“YOU MAY BE NEXT.” . The dramatie last-ditch battle between organised crime and the nation's law enforcement agencies, provides the thrilling theme of the amazing story unfolded in “You May Be Next,” which will be shown at the Cosy Theatre tonight. Featured in the large east are Ann Sothern, Lloyd Nolan, Douglass Dumbrille, John Arledge and Berton Churchill. The story, ‘a powerful dramatisation of one of the most daring rackets ever conceived, details the plot of a supercriminal who is able to extort a king’s ransom, from the nation's broadcasting companies by threatening to effectively jam every legitimate broadcast. The Government, too, takes a hand when the amazing plot threatens the operation of radio compass stations and the transmission of signals between ships of the United States fleet. Lloyd Nolan, as Neil Bennett, a young radio engineer, recently discharged by the leading broadcasting company, is suspected of the incredible crime when he suddenly disappears. Douglass Dumbrille, the real culprit, holds Nolan a prisoner in his cafe, where Ann Sothern. Nolan’s sweetheart, sings her torch melodies each night, ignorant of her lover’s presence. “They Met in a Taxi,” Columbia’s romantic comedy-drama, featuring Chester Morris, Fay Wray, Lionel Slander and Raymond Walburn, is also featured on the Cosy Theatre screen tomorrow. “They Met in a Taxi” tells of . the diverting experiences of ' a pseudo-heiress, and a Manhattan Cab driver, who has become the unwilling squire of the lady in distress.