STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 March 1939, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

RITZ BROS. ATTRACTION. The great attraction, at the State Theatre, "Straight, Place and Show,” the Ritz Brothers’ latest comedy will be finally shown tonight. “ROOM SERVICE.” At the State Theatre tomorrow there will be an outstanding attractioh — Marx Brothers in “Room Service.” Internationally famous for their- insane antics on stage and screen, the Marx Brothers are better than ever in "Room Service,” a film version of the .hilarious Broadway comedy. The story of this widely acclairqed play, which has been closely followed in the screen version, concerns a shoe-string theatrical producer and his two slick assistants at a New York hotel. Their efforts to keep themselves and a cast of twenty-two actors from being dispossessed from the hotel until they can promote a financial backer for their show are the basis for the uproarious tomfoolery which makes “Room Service” the funniest Marx picture to date. Groucho Marx, as the harassed producer, and Chico and Harpo as aides in hilarity; Ann Miller and Fraud Albertson, who supply the romantic interest; Lucille Ball, as the show’s prospective star; and six actors who repeat* roles they created in the original play, Clifford Dunstan, Donald Macßride, Charles Halton, Philip Wood, Alexander Asro and Philip Loeb, comprise the principal cast. The management state that all available comedies have been given care.ful consideration foi; their entertainment value, and the choice has been made from personal experience of audience reaction. “Room Service,” the movie rights of which cost more than any other stage play ever produced. As a stage play it ran for two seasons on Broadway. The supporting programme includes Monte Collins as balmy as a June breeze in "The Worn Burns;” Edgar Kennedy is a raging lunatic in "High Beer Pressure;” Walter Catlett is as “nutty” as a fruit cake in "Upper Cutlets.” The Three Stooges, are the "screw-loose” comedians in “Ants in fhe Pantry,” while Walt Disney’s latest coloured creation, “Good Scouts” with Donald Duck, is an entertainment of such an amazing character that it should not be missed. The programme is one of the most attractive and high-class ever placed before an audience, and is in accordance with the policy of the State Theatre to provide only the best pictures to suit all tastes.