ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21228, 26 September 1940, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES THEATRE ROYAL “Cocoanut Grove” deals 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. “LAW OF THE PAMPAS” “Law of the Pampas,” a thrilling Hopalong Cassidy film featuring William Boyd, will be screened tomorrow. It has all the romance, excitement and colour of the West. ROXY THEATRE Spy stories have a special applicability just now, when people are reading constantly of exploits of these people, and “Spies of the Air” i 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. “RULERS OF THE SEA” “Rulers of the Sea,” starring Will FyfFe and Douglas Fairbanks, and “Public Cowboy No. 1,” with Gene Autry and Ann Rutherford, will be screened tomorrow. “Blue Danube Waltzes” will also be shown. 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” The popular singer, Bing Crosby, appears with glamorous Dorothy Lamour in the rollicking musical farce “Road to Singapore,” which will be screened tomorrow. With Mr Crosby is Bob Hope, the two being depicted as vaudeville artists who have fled to tropic isles to avoid matrimony When they meet Dorothy Lamour and also some very friendly native girls they find they hm-e come to the wrong place. The film is brought to an hilarious conclusion with a native festival, replete with dance and song. STATE THEATRE “Submarine D-l” is a thrilling drama of especial interest in these times of war. It stars Pat O’Brien, George Brent and Wayne # Morris. The film 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 facilties 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 throlgh their peace-time and war-game duties. “Border G-Men,” featuring the athletic star George O’Brien, is a thrilling story of the West. It has adventure, humour, action and a charming romance, and the interest of the audience is maintained throughout

CIVIC THEATRE Owing to the theatre being otherwise engaged, films will not be shown at the Civic Theatre tonight. “My Favourite Wife,” which was produced by the director of that other great success, “Bachelor Mother,” is a very diverting comedy, keeping the audience in hilarious mood throughout. It is certainly an unusual romance, and Cary Grant’s difficulties as he finds himself involved with two wives and arrested for bigamy cause endless amusement. How the tangle is straightened out—not, however, before some very exciting and funny things happen—makes great entertainment. Cary Grant gives a very fine performance as the harassed husband, and Irene Dunne is equally satisfying as one of the “women in the case.” Other H«ver performers give excellent support. There is a splendid supporting programme, including interesting news reels and entertaining comedy and topical films.