COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 October 1940, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“KEEP FIT.” Tonight’s “family programme” is headed by the laughter riot “Keep Fit,” starring the inimitable George Formby, in one of the funniest films in years. Can patrons imagine Formby set to win the “Keep Fit” campaign, against all-comers. The final scene when Formby wins the final boxing contest defies description. Never was laughter so valuable as in these times and never has a more liberal dose been given by the screen. “Tall Timbers,” the associate feature, is a modern, dramatic romance, filmed in nature’s stronghold, the Valley of the Giants, with the most astounding action climax ever unleashed. “Tall Timbers” is a delightful adaptation of Captain Frank Hurley’s great Australian romance, a tender love story that grows to strength and loveliness in a fiery cauldron of unleashed passions as rival companies clash in a fight for a big timber contract, and men daily flirt with death when treacherous methods result in many “accidents,” including the sensational explosion of the timber train bridge and the mysterious cutting of the steel hawser of the “flying fox” which carried the huge logs across the valley. A splendid cast is headed by Frank Leighton, Shirley Ann Richards, and Frank Harvey. On all sides this is declared to be Australia’s finest, production from both entertainment and technical, standpoints. The whole programme is outstanding and one of the finest the theatre has ever presented.