COMING ATTRACTIONS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 February 1940, Page 3

COMING ATTRACTIONS

COSY THEATRE. FRIDAY, Saturday, Monday: “IN OLD MEXICO,” Hopalong Cassidy (William, Boyd), Windy Hayes and Russell Hayden ride the vengeance trail in the land of the dark-eyed senoritas; screening with “ILLEGAL TRAFFIC” .(the thrilling story of America’s newest racket selling safety to killers, featuring J. Carroll Naish, Robert Preston and Mary Carlisle); also episode 5 “Scouts to the Rescue” (Jackie Cooper). TUESDAY, Wednesday. Thursday: “DAD AND DAVE COME TO TOWN” (Bert Bailey, Fred Macdon- . aid in the greatest laughter riot of all, brought back in response to hundreds of requests); also “INVISIBLE ENEMY” (International spy thriller, revealing their secret activities, featuring Alan Marshall, Mary Correll and C. Henry Gordon). COMING ATTRACTIONS: “COWBOY FROM BROOKLYN” (Dick Powell. Pat O'Brien, Priscilla Lane and Dick Foran in a delightful leg-pull of a cowboy who never rode a horse). “SLAVE SHIP” (Mickey Rooney, Wallace Beery and Warner Baxter in a brilliant sea picture). “NO LIMIT” (George Formby at his best); and many others. REGENT THEATRE. SATURDAY, Monday, Tuesday: “THE BEACHCOMBER,” Somerset Maughan’s great play, featuring the mighty Charles Laughton as “Ginger Ted,” the beachcomber, a characterisation which is acclaimed as the greatest this wonderful actor has ever given. Notable support is provided by Elsa Lanchester (Laughton’s wife), Robert Newton and others. It is brilliant entertainment from first to last. Thrilling featurettes complete the programme. WEDNESDAY, Thursday, Friday: “PROFESSOR MAMLOCK,” the amazing Continental masterpiece of the true story of the Nazi purge — cruel, ruthless, barbaric, it is nevertheless true and is of particular importance in view of the present international crisis. COMING ATTRACTIONS; “BRIDAL SUITE” (Metro’s sparkling comedy romance, featuring Annabella and Robert Young). “CLOUDS OVER EUROPE” (Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson and Laurence Olivier in Britain’s laughing answer to the

spy menace), its a sensation everywhere; also watch for “GOODBYE MR CHIPS” (Robert Donat in just simply the most outstanding picture ever made). STATE THEATRE. TONIGHT: A glamorous new Continental star illuminates the screen— Ingrid Bergman in “INTERMEZZO,” a love story. Leslie Howard also gives the supreme performance of his brilliant career in this outstanding film. On the same programme is the latest “March of Time” and a particularly excellent selection of featurettes. TUESDAY, February 13: “WAY DOWN SOUTH,” with Bobby Breen, whose golden voice will thrill all hearts in the finest human role he has yet portrayed. The cast includes Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Sally Blane and Steffi Duna. FRIDAY, February 16: The picture of a thousand thrills will the master detective of all time at grips with an arch-friend whose crimes shook the British Empire, “SHERLOCK HOLMES,” enacted by Basil Rathbone with Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, and Alan Marshall. COMING. SOON TO THE STATE are the following pre-eminent attractions: — “STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE,” the noblest story in the British Empire and the greatest adventure known to man —superbly enacted by Spencer Tracy, Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. “THE LION HAS WINGS," a mighty production which is shattering records throughout New Zealand. The stars include Ralph Richardson and Merle Oberon, and the Royal Air Force with actual shots of the raid on the Kiel Canal. "THE RAINS CAME." Louis Bromfield’s famous novel brought to the screen with vivid realism by Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent and Nigel Bruce, one of Twentieth Century Fox’s greatest achievements. “NURSE EDITH CAVELL,” starring Anna Neagle—now in Wellington. Auckland and Christchurch breaking the records set by "The Lion Has Wings.” “HOTEL FOR WOMEN.” introducing sensational Linda Darnell, Hollywood's latest contribution to the “Hall of Fame" and "Garden of Glamour.”