COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 January 1941, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

"LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER." The final screening cf this epic of British courage takes place this evening. ."PUBLIC COWBOY NO. 1." Tomorrow the latest production featuring everybody's favourite. Gene Autry, will come to the Cosy Theatre. A delightful mixture of spirited adventure on the range and favourite melodies rendered in the‘star's best style makes this one of the most popular of ali the great scries. The police laboratories’ latest manhunting weapons are excitingly utilised in Columbia's action-packed me- ! aiiwma. "The Secret Seven." the associate feature. Pulsating with thrills ;m<l suspense, the film tills in breathtaking fashion how a group of scientists banded togithee ns "the secret j-cver.'' to track down a band of inhuman criminals. Florence Riem, playing the only female role, turns in another m* of her lop iK-rformanees. as Lola Hobbs, daughter of an old fashioned police chief. Barton Mac Lane. beloved M action fans, plays a gangster beerbaron m his usual rousing two-fisted manner. As a recently released convict turned detect!w-chemist. Bruce Bennett gives a splendid performance in his first featured part Here’s a young actor who sitoukl be watched. For tiie verve and breath-taking pace of 'The Secrm Seven," much praise ■mould go t<> director James Moore There'*; doubt y"<'ll be immensely