COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 April 1939, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“GIRL FROM SCOTLAND YARD.” i ~ “The Girl From Scotland Yard” and “Mountain Music” will be shown finally at the Cosy Theatre tonight at 8. TOMORROW’S ATTRACTIONS. In “Vampire Bat,”. Action Pictures’ thrilling mystery film, showing at the Cosy Theatre tomorrow, there is told an amazing story of adventure in a little Austrian village, where for centuries has existed the story of vampires—dread beings that can be humans by day and blood-sucking bats by night. To such a village comes Melvyn Douglas as a detective endeavouring to trace a series of ghastly murders. He is told of the vampire, but does not believe such a far-fetched story, until irreputable proof is given him. A plague of bats infests the village, and terror walks by night as the mysterious being seeks its prey —attacking men and women in their sleep, strangling them, and draining the blood from their bodies. A more sensational narrative than this tale by Edward T. Lowe could scarcely be found, and it has been made into a really gripping motion picture. Supporting the star, Melvyn Douglas, are Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, and George E. Stone. Designed strictly for laughing purposes, “His Exciting Night,” another star attraction, completely fulfills that mission. The story deals with the mis-adventures of a bridef'-oom, virtually kidnapped on his wedding night, and tricked into a compromising situation with a handsome blonde vamp who happens to have g very jealous strong-man for a husband. In escaping from the immediate menace of the husband, Charlie Ruggles, as Adam the bridegroom, and Marion Martin, the blonde, spent the night trying to get away from the clutches of. a crazy taxi driver who intends to do away with them all.