STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 March 1939, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

“ROOM SERVICE.” At the State Theatre tonight there will be an outstanding attraction — 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 acclaimed 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 careful consideration for their entertainment value, and the choice has been made from per-

sonal 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 Ihe 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. As the scoutmaster, Donald sets about giving his charges a proper grounding in the arts of scoutcraft. His mischievous troop, however, has other ideas and poor Donald once more becomes the scapegoat for the pa-tience-testing pranks of Huey, Dewey and Loue. 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. Wise patrons will make sure of their seats by booking which is free.