COMING ATTRACTIONS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 June 1940, Page 9

COMING ATTRACTIONS

STATE THEATRE. TONIGHT (Friday): Samuel Goldwyn presents one of his greatest and most entertaining productions, “RAFFLES,” starring the debonair David Niven with Olivia de Havilland. Playboy . . . thief —-the family jewels or the family’s daughter were easy game to Raffles —the most daring diner-out who ever opened a safe or unlocked a woman’s heart. ■You'll experience the most enjoyable night you’ve ever spent in a theatre when you see this grand show. The featurettes are outstanding and include “Unusual Occupations,” Pathe pictorial; Fox Aussie News; two-reel comedy, “Plain Sailing;” and all in all help to make up one of the finest programmes yet offered to the Masterton public. WEDNESDAY NEXT (June 26): By popular demand the State management presents a return of Gracie Fields in “SHIPYARD SALLY,” her most successful film. On the same programme will be the new feature, “MISSING PEOPLE.” another intriguing mystery introducing Wiil Fyffe as Mr J. G. Reeder. FRIDAY NEXT (June 28): The star who is always exciting ... in a picture thrillingly different! “EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT,”

with Sonja Henie, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings and Maurice Moscovich. COMING shortly: The following shows are announced by the management as the pick of this year's films: "REBECCA” (Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine); “PINOCCHIO" (Walt Disney’s marvellous new full-length feature); “HOTEL FOR WOMEN” (Linda Darnell and Elsa Maxwell); “FOR FREEDOM" (the battle of the River Plate and the capture, of the Altmark); “EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT” (Sonja Henie and Ray Milland); “AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOME” (Edmund Gwenn and Mary Maguire): “PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES” (the Ritz Bros, and Jane Withers); “THE STARS LOOK DOWN” (picturisation of a great story by A. J. Cronin). COSY THEATRE. FRIDAY. Saturday, Monday: “THE FORGOTTEN WOMAN,” featuring Sigrid Gurie, Donald Briggs Eve Arden and Donnie Dunagan? Here is dynamic drama; alluring eyes haunting the man who framed her. Marking the return to the screen of Sigrid Gurie, who has the principal feminine role in “Forgotten Woman.” Miss Gurie has a modern dramatic ' role, a contrast to the exotic charac-

tors in her previous screen appearances; and “HIDDEN POWER." with Jack Holt. Gertrude Michael and Dickie Moore. A good drama well acted and well produced is the most popular type of entertainment “on the screen today. “HIDDEN POWER” is outstanding in this class, because of its human quality and the virile performance of Jack Holt. Gertrude Michael returns to the screen, and the talents of these two experienced artists are combined in a story that provides tense and thrilling situations.

TUESDAY, Wednesday, Thursday: “STRANDED IN PARIS,” starring Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Charlie Grapewin and the Yacht Club Boys. Comedy that is hilarious —action and fun that everybody can enjoy. It is racy, breezy, and goes with a swing throughout. Those who enjoy a good laugh will appreciate “STRANDED IN PARIS." “THE JUNGLE PRINCESS." with Dorothy I,amour, Ray Milland, Lynne Overman and Akim Tamiroff. A Tarzan story with a Jungle Princess. A production of startling dramatic thrills.