COMING ATTRACTIONS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 March 1940, Page 9

COMING ATTRACTIONS

COSY THEATRE. FRIDAY. Saturday Monday: “SUNSET TRAIL,” Hopalong Cassidy series, featuring William Boyd. George Hayes, Russell Hayden and Charlotte Wynters. A notorious gambler and outlaw terrorises the trail to Sacramento, finally committing a robbery and murder which drives “Hopalong" into action. With his pals "Windy” and "Lucky,” "Hoppy" blows into town, and proceeds to flash money until he gets the gambler into a card game. "Hoppy” turns the right card and securing some of the gambler’s money, establishes him as the man who has made the trail unsafe. In a thrilling pursuit, "Hoppy” succeeds in gaining the upper hand for the forces of law and order. "DISBARRED,” Gail Patrick, Otto Kruger, Robert Preston, Sydney Toler, Virginia Dabney. They distort the law! This picture is aimed straight at the crooked lawyers of America . . . the men who dupe innocent men and women to make murder safe. "Scouts to the Rescue,” Episode 8.

TUESDAY, Wednesday, ’ Thursday: "ROMANCE FOR THREE,” Frank Morgan, Robert Young, Florence Rice, Edna May Oliver, Mary. Astor. Reginald Owen, Herman Bing, Henry Hull. Eight big M.G.M. comedians in one picture. This is a comedy played in the Alps. Frank Morgan appears as a wealthy capitalist eager for a holiday. Yielding to a whim, he goes to the Alps as a poor man, whil'e his butler, played by Owen, poses as the rich one. Young appears on the scene in search of a job and is mistaken for a man of power and ■ position. The three men form a friendship. “THE DEVIL IS A SISSY,” Mickey Rooney. Freddie Bartholomew. Jackie Cooper, lan Hunter, Peggy Conklin. A comedydrama that has action, punch, pathos, laughter, romance and thrills! A story for young and old. REGENT THEATRE. SATURDAY, Monday, Tuesday: “WINGS OF THE NAVY,” Warner Bros.’ timely drama of the skyways, produced on a colossal scale with the co-operation of the U.S. Naval Air Stations. Featuring beautiful Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Frank McHugh and a grand cast. It is exceptional for its wonderful photography and the. insight it gives into our training from the small trial machines up to the giant clipper ships. Special featurettes support.

WEDNESDAY. Thursday, Friday: “ON BORROWED TIME,” Metro-Goldwyn Mayer present a miracle picture that is the talk of the entertainment world. All will come away the wiser after seeing this unique production, featuring the superb Lionel Barrymore, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, the sensational new star, Bobs Watson. In a loveable old outspoken role Lionel Barrymore is superb.

SATURDAY WEEK: “THE SISTERS.” the outstanding dramatic triumph of the screen with Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, lan Hunter and a mighty cast in a glorious unforgettable romance —a picture no one should miss. MIGHTY COMING ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: “STAND UP AND FIGHT” (Robert Taylor and Wallace Beery): “IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD” (Claudette Colbert and James Stewart); "GOODBYE MR CHIPS” (Robert Donat in the most perfect picture ever made); “THE UNDERPUP’ (Gloria Jean—the sensational 11-year-old soprano, acknowledged to be even as sensational a find as Deanna Durbin); "BROADWAY SERENADE” (Jeanette MacDonald); “TOILERS OF THE SEA" (the greatest sea epic of all time): “BEAU GESTE" (in all technicolour). with Gary Cooper, Robert Preston; and many other dazzling productions.

STATE THEATRE. TONIGHT: “NURSE EDITH CAVELL." Interpreted by Great Britain's premiere dramatic star, Anna Neagle. One of the most enthralling chapters in history. Endowded with an authentic factual background but stranger than fiction itself. A superb heart-stirring drama of a noble woman. who, by her profession, was dedicated to serve in a cause which cost her her life. An R.K.O. special.

FRIDAY NEXT, March 8: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy together again in a full-length feature of unprecedented fun, “THE FLYING DEUCES.” The zoom to greater height than even in this sky-reaming comedy of hilarious happenings in the Foreign Legion.

COMING SOON TO THE STATE: ■“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 record of this picture alone stamps it as the greatest film brought to this country. It ran for 7 weeks in Wellington, 9 weeks in Auckland, 7 weeks in Christchurch and is still booming. Watch for the opening date of the Masterton season. “THE RAINS CAME," Louis Bromfield’s famous novel brought to. the screen with vivid realism by Myrna Loy. Tyrone Power, George Brent 'anc Nigel Bruce —another great triumph for Twentieth-Century Fox. “HOTEI. FOR WOMEN,” based on Elsa Maxwell’s now famous story and introducing Hollywood’s latest contribution to stardom. Linda Darnell. Thi: is another film which is meeting with tremendous success. “THE HOUSEKEEPER’S DAUGHTER.” r rip-roaring comedy produced by Hal Roach and starring Joan Bennett with Adolphe Menjou. If you love comedy at its very best then this is a picture for your “must see list." "THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME,” starring Charles Laughton. Victor Hugo's mighty novel of novels. Produced on a scale that beggars description. An R.K.O. super-show. “MAJOR BARBARA,” George Bernard Shaw's brilliant satire, starring Wendy Hiller. Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Ralph Richardson. Destined to be greater than “Pygmalion.” “THE STARS LOOK DOWN." from the best selling novel by A. J. Cronin, starring Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood and Emlyn Williams. “MOLLY BLESS HER,” produced on a big scale budget and starring the inimitable Gracie Fields. Watch for the announcement of the dates of the screening of the above attractions at the State Theatre.