STATE THEATRE
“THE STARS LOOK DOWN.” There can be few who have not read or, at least, heard of the popular story “The Stars Look Down,” by Dr. A. J. Cronin. This grand story of the coalmining industry and of the men who toil and sweat below the ground, made Cronin’s reputation. This story has now been filmed, and, if anything, has been strengthened by its adaptation to the screen. Certain it is that no British picture has ever been made with a finer cast or with more realistic spectacle and tense drama than “The Stars Look Down,” which will be shown tonight at the State Theatre. This attraction co-stars Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood and Emlyn Williams, tnree names that make the strongest co-starring team it is possible to obtain. Supporting these three are Nancy Price, Edward Rigby, Allan Jeayes, Linden Travers, Cecil Parker, Milton Rosmer and George Carney. The greatest care was taken to capture the atmosphere of a typical mining village, and for this purpose the whole unit spent several days in the town of Workington when background scenes were shot. Realism is the keynote of the whole production, and it is this very ability to transport the audience into the life of this mining village and enable them to share the fears and hopes of the miners that does much to make the film the gripping drama it is. The story, as is generally known, deals with the hopes and aspirations of a studious young miner, David Fenwick, who sacrifices his ambitions for pretty, shallow little Jenny Sunley, who lets him down in preference for the unscrupulous self-made Joe Gowlan. This human drama is being played out whilst the mine itself and its impending disaster’ looms in the background throughout the whole film. The climax is one of the most impressive scenes ever brought to the screen.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1940, Page 2
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310STATE THEATRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1940, Page 2
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