STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1939, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

“THE GIRL FROM MEXICO.”

Romance, comedy and side-splitting mix-ups are woven together into a delightful film offering in “The Girl From Mexico,” a new Lupe Velez mirthquake, which will be shown tonight at the State Theatre. When a New York advertising executive imports a Mexican singer for a big radio programme, the fiery Latin damsel persuades his susceptjble uncle to take her around and show her the sights. As a result, the girl yells herself hoarse at a ball game and fails miserably at her audition for the programme. Undaunted, she argues herself into a job at a Spanish night club, and also sets about breaking up the young advertising man’s engagement to a selfish society girl. How she accomplishes this, and involves all the principals in a hilarious tangle, makes for the high-speed climax to the film. Miss Velez, famous for her vivacity and her- temperament, is an ideal choice for the role of the impulsive Carmelita, and her performance is one of her best efforts to date. Donald Woods is excellent as the harassed young man, and Leon Errol, as the easy-going uncle, turns in another splendid comic portrayal. The supporting cast includes a charming newcomer, Linda Hayes, from the “Gateway to Hollywood” talent quest, as the society girl, along with such wellknown players as Donald Macßride, Elisabeth Risdon and Ward Bond. The other feature, “Racketeers of the Range,” tells an exciting tale of modern Arizona and its cattle troubles. The story deals with a resourceful cattleman’s single-handed battle against a big packing corporation that threatens to monopolise the packing field and bring rum "to himself and his fellow ranchers. The big corporation has convinced the girl owner of the local packing plant that she should sell out, and when the cattleman finds his arguments useless, he has the smaller outfit thrown into bankruptcy and gets himself appointed receiver. O'Brien has an excellent opportunity for his rugged type of outdoor portrayal, and Marjorie Reynolds makes a charming heroine. Chill Wills, Gay Seabrook, Robert Fiske, Ray Whitley and Monte Montague are in the cast.