STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1941, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

( “MEN AGAINST THE SKY.” i Spectacular thrills in the air, tense ■ drama behind the steel doors of an I aircraft factory seeking a government! i contract, stirring romance and an ex-1 j citing race to complete a high-speed! I pursuit plane are blended into excel- j | lent entertainment for “Men Against ! the Sky,’’ which will bo screened to- 1 ■morrow at the State Theatre. Ideally! cast in the principal roles are Richard I Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe and • Wendy Barrie, and their deft perform- . anccs add greatly to the realism and j I suspense of this modern aviation j j drama. The timely story deals with! i the efforts of Lowe, as an aircraft j [ manufacturer, and his chief engineer, i I Taylor, to develop a model in compe-! I tition with other companies seeking a| ! foreign government contract. Wendy j ! Barrie is seen as an ambitious drafts-) ■ woman who falls in love with Taylor, j ‘ her immediate superior. Richard dTx’s ! ' role is; one of the most powerful of his! ! colourful career. lie plays a former) 1 ace whose reputation has been clouded i 'by too many dives into the bottle. I i His valiant efforts to rehabilitate him-i ; self. nicled by his staunch sister, Miss i Barrie, afford him. rare opportunity for 'drama. The exciting experiences of ; this quartette, the romance of Miss! i ■Barrie, the fan lie race to finish the ■ i plane on time, Dix's accidental crash-: : ing of the completed model during test ; I flights, the manufacturer's struggles | < :to finance a new model, and Dix's | ’spectacular sacrifice which proves thei | air-worthiness of the speed ship and ; reunites his sister with her estranged: ; sweetheart, are som<- < f the thrilling! I events which make this offering erne I <>f the mast, compelling dramas of tl’.e , pem-.m, Granville Bate . Grant Wilh-j ers. Donald-Briggs and Charles Quig-j ley are jwn tn other prominent roles | in “Men Against the Sky.”