STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 July 1941, Page 8

STATE THEATRE

“MR AND MRS SMITH." The current programme, headed by the brilliant comedy, “Mr and Mrs Smith," will be finally shown tonight. “MICHAEL SHAYNE, PRIVATE DETECTIVE.” “Michael Shayne, Private Detective,” with Lloyd Nolan starred in the' title role and lovely Marjorie Weaver heading a strong featured cast, is a slick and different mystery adventure, which will be shown tomorrow night. From the opening scene it moves! Created by Brett Halliday, famed mystery writer, “Shayne” is an exciting and refreshing screen detective. Rough, tough and appealing in a story that has adventure, fast talk and real people, “Shayne” is played to perfection by Lloyd Nolan. Nolan is assigned to act as bodyguard for Marjorie Weaver, wealthy young heiress who is constantly getting into scrapes because of wild gambling sprees. Always on hand when everything happens, Nolan manages; to get quite a case worked up against himself. He is found with a girl at the scene of the crime. He was the last man to see the victim alivQ. And his gun is the murder weapon! Only a detective could squeeze through that one. And that’s exactly what Nolan does. Everything —romance. action and thrills —is multiplied by two in the newest and best by far, of all the fastmoving Cisco Kid films, “Romance of the Rio Grande," the associate feature. Cisco’s latest adventure takes place in the wide open spaces of old Arizona when 2 tenderfoot from Spain, who is Cisco’s exact double, arrives to take ove£ his grandfather's ranch —the richest north of the border. But a conniving cousin, played by Ricardo Cortez,. sends out a gang of killers to intercept the gentleman. But Cisco, aided by Gordito. played by Chris-Pin Martin, intercedes and, posing as the gentleman from Spain, Cisco goes to the ranch where he finds lovely Patricia Morison and Lynne Roberts. From there on it is Cisco against a shrewd and deadly schemer. Cisco puts him to rout and wins the fairest flower in Old Arizona —for his double!