COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1940, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

"IN OLD MONTEREY." Easily the great Western star, Gene Autry's best and most colourful production, "In Old Monterey” will be shown tonight. Brimful of action, beautiful settings and tuneful melodies, it is entertainment of the rarest order. The star is supported by "Windy” Hayes and the Ranch Boys, together with beautiful Smiler Burnette. Revealing for the first time the untold drama of wireless operators on merchant ships, Universal’s big-scale production of “The Storm” is the associate feature. Graphic action and realism is indicated through an all-star cast, which includes such rugged performers as Charles Bickford. Barton Mac Lane, Preston Foster, Andy Devine and Frank Jenks. Romance in the story is carried by Tom Brown as the young brother and Nan Grey as his sweetheart, the pretty nurse. Impressive scenes in the screen-play by Daniel Moore, Hugh King and Theodore Reeves show the crashing of a ship into an iceberg, the explosion of an oil tanker as it sails from port, and several rousing hand-to-hand battles between rival ships’ crews when they meet in waterfront cafes. The principal’ part of the story is provided by Bickford, as a reckless wireless operator, who loves the adventure of his profession but seeks to prevent his brother, Brown, from following the same career. Nan Grey, cast as the ship’s nurse, has her most important opportunity since she scored with Deanna Durbin in “Three Smart Girls.” Also screening is the first chapter of the thrilling serial, “Buck Rogers.”