COMING ATTRACTIONS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 July 1940, Page 9

COMING ATTRACTIONS

STATE THEATRE. TONIGHT (Friday), Saturday and Monday: The perfect comedy—with two great stars giving the most brilliant performance of their lives, Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell (of “Hotel for Women”) in “DAYTIME WIFE.” What have secretaries got that wives haven’t? The answer is found in this screaming laughter special. You’ll thoroughly enjoy this picture. Supports include an exclusive Fox News interview with “Cobber” Kain, New Zealand's famous war ace, taken just before his tragic death. TUESDAY NEXT: Walter Wanger, ace producer. presents “SLIGHTLY HONOURABLE,” a thriller that is daringly different and extremely exciting. The stars are Pat O’Brien, Edward Arnold, Ruth Terry and Broderick Crawford.. FRIDAY NEXT, July 19: The eagerly awaited “FOR FREEDOM,” a stirring saga of the British Navy’s heroism, showing the battle of the River Plate, and the rescue of the Altmark prisoners. Actual persons appearing inxthe film include officers and men - cfZH.M.S. Exeter and Ajax. British seamen prisoners of the “Altmark.” Fictional characters are played by Will Fyffe, Anthony Hulme and other London stars. See also the gallant exploits of New Zealand’s H.M.S. Achilles in the reconstruction of the Graf Spee battle. The naval scenes of this stirring film were made with the co-operation of the Admiralty. COMING SOON: “REBECCA,” now in its sixth record- shattering week in Wellington; “AN ENGLISHMAN S HOME,” “PINOCCHIO,” "THE STARS LOOK DOWN,” "THE WESTERNER,” with Gary Cooper and many other notable productions. COSY THEATRE. TONIGHT: “LEGION OF LOST FLYERS,” featuring Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Anne Nagle, Win. Lundigan and Guinn Williams. A fearless flyer hurls a blazing plane through space to wring a confession from one man and save another from dishonour. Hair-raising aerobatics against the rugged background of Alaska are among the best flying sequences yet shown in aviation pictures. The film is a period in the lives of a number

of disgraced flyers, barred from flying anywhere else and reduced to flying antique aircraft over high mountain ranges in Alaska in any weather. “THE DEFENCE RESTS,” starring Edward Ellis, Anita Louise and Harold Huber. A tensely thrilling drama of love and sacrifice. Ever since Edward Ellis made such an outstanding success as the country doctor in "A Man to Remember —he has been given outstanding roles. “Lone Ranger Rides Again,’ - episode 10; “Oregon Trail, - ’ episode 3, Saturday matinee. TUESDAY, Wednesday, Thursday: “CAFE SOCIETY,’’ Madeleine Carroll, Shirley Ross, Fred Mac Murray, Claude Cullingwater and Jessie Ralph are featured. Paramount’s bright new romantic comedy. Setting the pace for this season's motion piclure comedies. The picture concerns ■Kat gaudy set of people who haunt Manhattan’s exclusive clubs—2l, El Morocco—Leon’s and Eddie's. "THE COVERED TRAILER.” The Higgins Family are seen in a floating powerhouse packed with laughs and thrills. The Higgins Family has involved itself in adventures which are more lively and more hilarious than ever. A steamer wreck, embezzlement, a madhouse, a chase round a moun-tain-side, a flying leap on to a speeding train—all these play a part in the picture regent theatre. SATURDAY, Monday, Tuesday, July 13-16: “JUAREZ,” featuring Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne. John Garfield, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp and Gale Sondergaard. Here is blazing entertainment written in the lifeblood of a great nation—here is the strange conflict between a man without mercy and a woman without fear—here is pomp, romance, struggle, action, glory, combined to make drama the screen has never approached before. Paul Muni is seen as Benito Juarez, Bette Davis as Cariota, Brian Aherne as Maximilian. Claude Rains as Napoleon 111., and John Garfield as Porfirio Diaz. The struggle of democratic interest against the aggression of a dictator bears a striking resemblance to the events which are being enacted in Europe today. Supporting subjects include the latest Air Mail News containing the appeal made by the Pope for peace, Mussolini's sabre rattling rally and an actual attack on an aircraft carrier; an all-colour study, “The Immortal Brush," and a clever Porky Cartoon complete the programme. WEDNESDAY, Thursday, Friday. July 17-19: “SONS OF THE SEA,” featuring Leslie Banks, Kay Walsh, McKenzie Ward and Sim,on Lack. British supremacy of the seas has been challenged from the Armada to Nar-