COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 November 1940, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“KING OF THE LUMBERJACKS.” Warner Bros, have taken stars and camera crew up amongst California’s big timber in order to produce “King of the Lumberjacks,” which will be shown at the Cosy Theatre tonight, with John Payne, Gloria Dixon and Stanley Fields starred. All three players are exceptionally well-versed performers. The story provides plenty of opportunity for them to exercise their undoubted talents. Stanley Field’s boisterous lumber-camp boss is a finely etched character. John Poyne and Gloria Dixon provide the romantic interest. Both these compartive newcomers to the screen have been steadily adding to their popularity and there seems little doubt that “King of the Lumberjacks” will enhance it still further. Punctuating the dramatic, romantic and humorous episodes in “King of the Lumberjacks” are many impressive scenes showing the felling of trees —veritable forest giants—and logs being sent flying at a dizzy pace down greased slipways to the river. The latest and most unusual horror picture of that famous pair, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, is Universal’s “Black Friday,” the associate feature. In contrast to previous horror films, both Karloff and Lugosi appear as they do in real life, and without the weird-make-up effects that until now have identified them as the screen’s greatest spine-chillers. Karloff is a surgeon who performs a daring operation in which he transplants part of the brain of a criminal into the brain of a mild college professor, who then is led unconsciously into a life of ruthless crime. “DAMAGED GOODS.” One of the most sensational films of recent years, “Damaged Goods,” will be shown at the Cosy Theatre tomorrow night. As a stage play, “Damaged

Goods” packed theatres throughout the world and created a sensation as the results of its plain message. In the picture there is a frankness in dealing with the subject matter that will make an appeal, and convey its lesson in a striking manner. The leading roles are in capable hands and the theme will be appreciated at its full worth, as it deals with one of the greatest scourges afflicting humanity. There is in the picture a lesson that should be studied by all, while the acting is of an exceptionally high order.