STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1940, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

“SHIPYARD SALLY.” ' Grade Fields is with us again! The jovial queen of comedy, toast of Britain and the Continent, returns to the screen’ in a new film in which she sings i and dances as only she can. It’s “Shipyard Sally,” 26th Century-Fox release, in which she is starred with Sydney Howard. This will be finally screened at the State Theatre tonight. ! The associate feature is "The MissI ing People,” presenting Will Fyfi’e as I “Mr Reeder.” He is again surrounded ; by a strong cast, which includes Lyn I! Harding, Kay Walsh, Ronald Shiner, ' | Patricia Roc, Anthony Hoiles, Reginald i ■ Purdell and O. B. Clarence. Mr ReedI er is set the task of clearing up a numj ber of mysterious disappearances that ' have been taking place over a period of I some months. He discovers a link beI tween them all —the fact that they I were all lonely people who had received money by registered post each month, and whose remittances stopped immediately they disappeared, “EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT.” Assisted by an interesting and original plot, the new film which will be shown tomorrow night at the State Theatre, “Everything Happens at Night,” in which Sonja Henie is starred, is somewhat different in its conception from the type of film in which the skater frequently appears. Most of the action is based around the efforts of two rival newspaper correspondents. Ray Milland and Robert Cummings are the two newshawks, one typically English, the other unmistakably American. Both gave first-rate characterisations of their parts. Their search is for a Nobel Peace Prize winner whose efforts led him some years before to a German concentration camp, from which he escaped, apparently to be shot by enemy agents. After a tip both correspondents, one taking his orders from London, the other from New York, arrive in a tiny village in Switzerland. But they find their quarry —and who should it be but that old stage and screen favourite, Maurice Moscovitch. With him, and thoroughly at home amongst the mountains and snow of Switzerland, is the real star of the show, Sonja Henie. Sonja Henie, who has the leading role, proves herself an actress as well as a skater, though the story provides ample opportunity for her to show her superlative skill on the ice. Supports include excellent newsreels.