COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1940, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“CAPTAIN CALAMITY.” In a roistering, rough and tumble role, as the fighting, singing skipper of the “Marigold." known in every port in the South Seas, George Houston, popular screen baritone and star of “Wallaby Jim of the Islands,” scores yet another hit in Action Pictures all technicolour “Captain Calamity,” which will be shown tonight at the Cosy Theatres “Captain Calamity’’ may be said to be one of the first films to bring natural colour to the screen, for the beautiful backgrounds of the South Sea Islands form an entrancing setting for the adventures of Captain Bill Jones, better known as Captain Calamity. The native melodies, swaying palms, and island beauties are brought to the screen in all their glamour, and must provide a genuine thrill for every filmgoer. The associate feature in a further adventure in the colourful career of the Renfrew—the Canadian Mounlie entitled “On the Great White Trail." Full of adventure the beautiful settings in the great snow ranges are unforgettable while the lure of the life of the splendid fellows in the great service of law and order is inescapable. Also screening is episode 13 of the famous serial, “The Lone Ranger Rides Again.”