COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 April 1940, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“NEWSBOYS’ HOME" AND BABY CONTEST. The baby contest will commence this evening and about eighty Masterton children will appear on the screen. Patrons are asked to vote for the baby er babies which they favour and the winners will take part in the final of the "Baby New Zealand" contest. Offering Jackie Cooper a powerful dramatic role in his first starring I feature, Universal’s production of "Newsboys’ Home” will come to the Cosy Theatre on Friday, with Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie. Edward Norris, Samuel S. Hinds and the Little Tough Guys. Cooper's newest screen venture reveals him as a homeless country bo.y i who comes to a big city and is forced . to seek his livelihood selling papers on I a street corner. How he battles his , way to the leadership of his newsboy pals, the Little Tough Guys, and proves his loyalty to the publisher of his paper, is said to be a stirring human document of a boy who has the courage to fight for his ideals. Among the popular performers in the strong supporting cast are Edmund Lowe, as the city editor, Wendy Barrie as the girl he loves and Edward Norris, expert portrayer of gangster roles as the man who murdered Cooper's father. Samuel S. Hinds, who scored in Frank Capra’s "You Can’t Take it with You,” is ideally cast as the kindly publisher who supports the “Newsboys’ Home.” The companion feature “23| Hours’ Leave,” is a side-splitting comedy of army life, featuring James Ellison and Terry Walker and is one whirl of mirth from start to finish.