COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 November 1939, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN." Irish settings—lrish wit —Irish songs and dances —and a beautiful Irish Colleen played by Sally O'Neil, have been cleverly woven into a really delightful picture under the title of "Kathleen Mavourneen,” which will be shown tonight at the Cosy Theatre. Sally plays the role of Kathleen O’Moore, a lovely little Irish Colleen who returns to her native land after having grown up in the Liverpool slums. She meets and falls in love with handsome Dennjs O’Dwyer, a wealthy young landowner, played by Jack Daly, on whose property the farm is situated. The picture is a rare blend of comedy, music, romance and drama, and there are many thrilling moments, including a big horse race, a stampede of over a hundred horses, and a rescue at sea. Tom Burke appears as a singing stevedore who loves Sally, but gives her up when he finds that she is really in love with the young landlord. Burke, one of the best-known singers of Irish ballads, sings a number of songs including the ever-popular “Kathleen Mavourneen,” “The Dear Little Shamrock” and “Eileen Alannah.” The other feature is “Midnight Menace,” starring Fritz Kortner, the continental character actor supreme, and Charles Farrell, .popular Hollywood star, the feminine lead being played by Australia’s own Margaret Vyner. Graham Stevens, political reporter on the “Daily World,” while returning from the Peace Conference, rings his sister's fiance, Brian Grant, an artist cartoonist on the same paper, telling him he has a scoop, and mentioning midnight November 5, “if we are alive by then.” On the way home Stevens is killed when his motor cycle crashed from a bridge. His employers think it is an accident, but Grant is convinced it is murder! Grant and Mary Stevens, reporter fiancee, follow up clues which point to Mr Peters, a Corovian Minister, as the leader of espionage agents out to bomb London and destroy the morale of the British. The way in which these accusations are proved provide a thrilling climax for the year's most thrilling film.