RICH ENGLISH COMEDY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 33, 9 February 1939, Page 5

RICH ENGLISH COMEDY

"THE LADY VANISHES.” Fine acting and gripping drama, . sprinkled with rich English comedy, combine to make "The Lady Vanishes," which is showing to-day at the Plaza Theatre, a noteworthy production. It tells of the mysterious disappearance of an English governess . 'Dame May Whitty) from a Contin- - ental train. Dame Whitty is tavel- . ling with a young English girl Mar- - garet Lockwood* at the time of her - disappearance. Miss Lockwood, who . had received minor concussion before l entering the train, falls asleep during ■ the journey and on awakening finds : that Dame Whitty has vanished. Though all her fellow-passengers . deny ever having seen the woman and ■ 1 another passenger, Paul Lukas, an eminent brain specialist, declares that . the effect of receiving slight concussion a short time before has been re- ' sponsible for her "illusion," Miss ' Lockwood immediately begins a search for her friend. Michael RedI grave, a happy-go-lucky composer I whom she had met by chance the pre■jvious evening, comes {? her aid aru? ■| together* they discover a plot to kill ’[Dame Whitty.

James Stewart to Star. Jimmie Stewart has been cast lo star in Universal's "Destry Rides Again.” “Destiny Rides Again." which will be one of the largest outdoor pictures to be made this year, will be produced by Joe Pasternak, who produced the Deanna Durbin offerings and "Youth Takes a Fling." As produced by Pasternak, it will be made with a top-budget, present plans calling for much of the picture to be [made in either Arizona, Colorado, or ! New Mexico. Stewart will be sur- • I rounded by a cast of well-known i featured players. No director or 1 leading lady has been assigned to the j picture.