STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 June 1940, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

“EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT.” Assisted by an interesting and original plot, the new film which will be shown tonight 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. MARCH OF TIME. . The supporting programme will include another outstanding March of Time, on this occasion relating te Russia and Finland. The matter contained in this popular picture production is of vital interest at the moment and provides some sensational revelations.