COMING ATTRACTIONS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 March 1940, Page 9

COMING ATTRACTIONS

STATE THEATRE. TONIGHT: "THE LION HAS WINGS, ’’ produced by Alexander Korda. The most eagerly awaited entertainment to come io Masterton. 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 filb brought to this country. It ran for 7 weeks in Wellington. 9 weeks in Auckland, and 7 weeks in Christchurch. Special supports will also be screened. COMING SOON TO THE STATE: The following magnificent recordbreaking attractions: —"THE RAINS CAME," Louis Bromfields's famous novel brought to the screen with vivid realism by Myrna Loy. Tyrone Power, George Brent and Nigel Bruce —another great triumph for Twentieth-Century Fox. “HOTEL FOR WOMEN,” based on Elsa Maxwell’s now famous story and introducing Hollywood’s latest (contribution to stardom, Linda Darnell. This is another Him which is meeting with tremendous success. "THE HOUSEKEEPER’S DAUGHTER," a 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 Hardwieke. Ralph Richardson. Destined to be greater than “Pygmalion.” "THE STARS LOOK DOWN,” front the best selling novel by A. J. Cronin, starring Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood and Emlyn Williams. “MOLLY BLESS HER,” produced on a big scale bud-

get and starring the inimitable Gracie Fields. "HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE," produced entirely in technicolour; a stirring romantic cavalcade of the movies from their very beginning to the present day. COSY THEATRE. TONIGHT, Saturday, Monday: “THANKS FOR THE MEMORY" (a streamlined comedy romance, very human and delightful, starring Shirley Ross, Otto Kruger, Bob Hope and Charles Butterworth, screening with “BACK DOOR TO HEAVEN,” starring Wallace Ford, Patricia Ellis and Stuart Erwin in a story that goes closer to the heart than any picture one could name. TUESDAY, Wednesday, Thursday: “OUR RELATIONS” (Laurel and Hardy in the funniest film they have ever made —your sides will ache with laughter); also “BETWEEN TWO WOMEN" (Franchot Tone, Virginia Bruce and Maureen O'Sullivan in a powerful story of life in a great metropolitan hospital—highly dramatic it has some delicious touches of real comedy. COMING COSY ATTRACTIONS: “THE AWFUL TRUTH" (Cary Grant and Irene Dunne); “ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND" (a musical feast); “ROBIN HOOD" (in glorious all-colour), and many other triumphs. REGENT THEATRE. SATURDAY, Monday, Tuesday: "ITS A WONDERFUL WORLD,” the gayest and brightest comedy romance of the year and regarded by all as the delightful successor to the well-re-membered “It Happened One Night," starring Claudette Colbert and James Stewart and a grand cast. Featurettes include Fitzpatrick allcolour Travelogue. Pete Smith Spe-

cialty, Passing Parade and the latest Airmail Gazette. WEDNESDAY and Thursday: “STRONGER THAN DESIRE," featuring Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce and Ann Dvorak. A sensational story of a wife who flirted just once —but once too often—resulting in a blackmail plot that provided one of the most sensational court cases ever filmed. COMMENCING SATURDAY, March 23: “GOODBYE MR CHIPS." in all respects “the best, entertainment in the history of motion pictures,” featuring Robert Donat as "Chips" (he has just received the Academy Award for the year', it also brings a glorious newcomer. Greer Garson, who has won all hearts. You will; never erase the pleasure of this refreshing story of English youth, stirring, dramatic, humorous in one. and told with a simple beauty beyond powers of description. The box plans open on Monday morning (March 18).