ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21227, 25 September 1940, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMMES “YOU NEVER CAN TELL” “You Never Can Tell,” Bernard i Shaw’s witty play, will be staged by the Hamilton Playbox at the j Civic Theatre tonight and tomorrow night, and Should draw large audiences, for not only will it offer splendid entertainment but the proceeds will go to provide comforts for soldiers. Such a worthy cause deserves support. Rehearsals have proceeded very satisfactorily, under the direction of ' Mrs Zelda Fahey, and a smooth performance should result. Some of Hamilton’s cleverest players are in the cast, which will be:—Dolly Clandon, Mae Walker; Mrs Clandon, Grace Fuller; Gloria Clandon, Joy Crozier; The Maid, Betty Davy; Philip Clandon, Stanley Carroll; Valentine, Jock Churton; Mr Crampton, David Reid; Mr McComas, Albert Cope; Mr Bohun, Richard Pedrotti; Waiter, Gordon Bowden. STATE THEATRE “Submarine D-l,” starring Pat , O’Brien, George Brent and Wayne Morris, is a thrilling drama. The picture is authentic as well as stirring, for it was made with the complete co-operation of the United States Navy, which turned over all its facilities at Newport, Cocos Coco in the Panama Canal Zone, and San Diego. There are scores of battleships, cruisers, destroyers and aeroplanes taking part, and many hundreds of sailors and marines are seen going through their peace-time and war-garqe duties. “Border G-Men,” featuirng the athletic star George O’Brien, is a charming romance, and the interest of the audience is maintained throughout REGENT THEATRE “Young Tom Edison,” with clever Mickey Rooney in the title role, shows the great inventor and scientist as he was when he went to school in a small community. To these smalltown folk he was a “crack-pot,” his interest in doing things which had not been done was proof that he was crazy. How he “makes good” provides much humour and human interest. “ROAD TO SINGAPORE” A sparkling potpourri of popular melodies springs from Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope in the “Road to Singapore,” which finds Bing and Bob singing their merry way to the South Seas to get away from the girls. However, they run into Dorothy Lamour and fall in love with her, naturally. The film will head the new programme on Friday. THEATRE ROYAL “Cocoanut Grove” is a sparkling production. The strong cast is headed by Fred Mac Murray and Harriet Hilliard, aided and abetted by the antics of the Yacht Club Boys, Ben Blue, Rufe Davis and Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiian Orchestra. The story concerns itself with a swing band and its hilarious trials and tribulations in getting across the continent to an audition at the Cocoanut Grove in the Hotel Ambassador in Los Angeles. “Bulldog Drummond Comes Back” tells of an exciting chase over England, led by rhymed clues, that takes Drummond and his friends on the trail of a gang of criminals who have kidnapped his fiancee.

ROXY THEATRE “Spies of the Air” is, as its title suggests, a thrilling story of adventure, with exciting happenings in the air. Spy stories have a special applicability just now, when people are reading constantly of exploits of airmen, and this one holds the tense interest of the audience from beginning to end. The popular English actor, Barry K. Barnes, has the leading role, and is supported by a very strong cast.

In “Forgotten Woman” Sigrid Gurie is cast as a young wife who suddenly sees her world crashing about her when she becomes innocently involved in a murder. Then there is “Oh, George,” the very funny comedy in which George Formby heads the cast.

CIVIC THEATRE

There will be no films tonight or tomorrow night, as the theatre will be otherwise engaged. On Friday “My Favourite Wife,” a very amusing comedy featuring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, will be screened.