COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 June 1939, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

‘•BULLDOG DRUMMOND.” “Bulldog Drummond in South Africa” will be finally shown tonight. “HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES.” Tomorrow night there will be shown one of the most talented casts ever presented in a mystery thriller when “The House of a Thousand Candles,” a gripping succession of surprises revolving around the operations of international spies, will be presented. "The House of a Thousand Candles” is operated by Anton Sebastian as a blind for his spy ring. It is a thrilling story with a sensational ending. The cast includes Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke, Irving Pichel, Rosita Moreno, Fred Walton, Hedwiga Reicher, Lawrence Grant. Frederik Vogeding and Mischa Auer. The other feature is “Aren't Men Beasts.” One of the most successful stage farces of recent times has been made into an unbelievably funny screen comedy, with Robertson Hare and Alfred Drayton in their original stage roles, also heading the screen cast. “Aren’t Men Beasts” is the title of the year’s greatest laugh cure, London’s record-breaking long-run comedy of a million laughs,. Robertson Hare is seen in his funniest role to date, as a little dentist who, through no fault of his own, finds himself involved in a scandal with a beautiful mysterious foreign lady. Although Alfred Drayton has appeared in numerous films, this is the first time he has proved himself a screen comedian of starring calibre. His mannerisms and his bullying of the pathetically down-trodden Haro, is comedy of the most brilliant kind. Hare, too, long-recognised as one of the screen’s leading comics, has found in Drayton his ideal screen partner. Supporting the new comedy team, in addition to Billy Milton, is June Clyde, vivacious stage and screen player; Judy Kelly, Ruth Maitland, Amy Veness, Ellen Pollock, and other wellknown players.