COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 October 1939, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“TWO IN A CROWD." A new screen team, Joan Bennett and Joel McCrea, refreshing in their new comedy and delightful in their romantic moments, according to Hollywood reports, will bo starred in Universal’s “Two in a Crowd,” at the Cosy Theatre, beginning tonight. When the story opens, the two halves of a torn thousand dollar bill bring the pair together. Their escapades on New Year’s Eve lead to further hilarious developments that plumb the depths of humour. The stars are supported by an exceptional cast which includes such popular comedians as Henry Armetta, Alison Skipworth, Nat Pendleton, Reginald Denny, Andy Clyde and Elisha Cook Junr.

The exciting incidents of a railroad drama, “West Bound Limited," will stir audiences at the Cosy Theatre. Frojn the first toot of the locomotive whistle to the last click of the rails, this movie provides thrilling entertainment. LyleTalbot, portraying a station agent, is disgraced when, fighting off hold-up bandits he allows a passenger train to pass a switch and go to destruction. He has no witness to prove that he was helplesi to prevent the accident when it happened. Convicted of criminal negligence, he escapes from prison guards and becomes a fugitive. Months later he is befriended by Polly Rowles and earns the hatred of Henry Brandon who loves Polly. The'unusual climax of the film vindicates Talbot and establishes the actual criminal Besides Lyle Talbot, Polly Rowles and Henry Brandon, the cast includes Henry Hunter, 1 ' William Lundigan and Frank Reicher.