STATE THEATRE
“THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO.” The current programme, headed by “The Son of Monte Cristo,” will be finally shown tonight. THRILLS IN “GUNGA DIN.” Teamed together for the first time, Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Junr., are seen as three comrade sergeants whose adventures from the basis of the stirring screen version of the famous ballad by Rudyard Kipling, “Gunga Din.” which will be shown tomorrow at the State Theatre. The three ■ stars, each of whom has soared to new fame in recent months, portray a trio of British soldiers stationed at an army post in northern India. Their exciting experiences while trying to quell an uprising among a band of religious fanatics, who commit wholesale murder according to religious rites, provide the dramatic action of the story. Giant has recently achieved added populaiity in a number of successful pictures. Joan Fontaine has the leading feminine pan in “Gunga Din,” the title role of which is portrayed by Sam Jaffe. Othei players are Eduardo Ciannelli, Montagu Love, Robert Coote and Abner Biberman. _______
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1941, Page 8
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176STATE THEATRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1941, Page 8
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