STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 January 1943, Page 6

STATE THEATRE

“WEEK-END IN HAVANA.” Tropical magic, catchy Cuban rhythms, warm blooded senoritas, dark eyed Romeos, are neatly combined in the story of “Week-end in Havana,” which will be shown tonight. With Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne and Cesar Romero in. the starring roles, the film is set in the capital city, showing Havana with all its beauty in the naturalness of technicolour. Alice Faye portrays a New York salesgirl who has carefully budgeted herself for several years in order to treat herself to a Havana vacation. When her ship is caught on a reef she refuses to sign a release to the shipping company until she has had, and enjoyed, her Havana vacation. The company’s representative, John Payne, postpones his wedding to make sure she has a grand time. In a magnificent Havana night club, the exotic Carmen Miranda, who had captured the imagination of American film audiences in her previous screen appearances with her unusual songs and dances, does a spectacular new number with 200 feminine dancers —“The Nango.” New tunes in “Week-end in Havana” are: “When 1' Love I Love,’ “The Man With the Lollypop Song,’ “A Week-end in Havana,” “Tropical Madge,” and “The Nango.”