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Arise, My Love Goring and Soy un Miss Pilbeam, try life, and the snobbery of their

Seymour Hicks, Their amnil-town neighbours also rings Tugboat Annie

Sails Again

wark, together with strong, unob- trua. trusive direction, makes this one of Unfortunately, the therne has been Against the background of the most important pletures of the too long drawn out and the sentiment war In Europe, Paramount season.

at times has been allowed to get out of hand. brings forth a film of moving The film is showing at the Leo romantic interest, showing that Theatre. love will find a way through the hazards of air raids, torpedo attacks and enemy invasions. It is called "Arise, My Love," the title being, taken from the first words of a stanza in The Song of Solomon.

Young People

Successors to famous stars will al- Both Jack, and Charlotto. Green- wood are excellently

ways be sought and we have had our cast as the vaudeville foster parents nud

second Rudolph Valentinos and Marle live their roles, and Shirley Templo con- Dresslers, but never has an actress tinues to prove that she is one of the ceme so near to enact to perfection seven wonders of the screen. But a role, originally played by a great What a fine old trouper Jack Oakle other tributes are due to those who actress, as Miss Marjorie Bambeau, is! He's not only that in real life nearly made an outstanding picture who does a splendid job in Tugboat but on the screen, too, in this Shirley out of hackneyed material. Temple film, "Young People,” Kathleen Howard as a schoolmis- Annle Sails Again," which will be .which he is cast as such. And he is, tress, and a long east of character shown, at the Queens next week. partnered by Charlotte Greenwood, artistes, deserve all your applauso.

"Young People" comes whose long legs and luminating

to the The story told. is that of a grimaces are equally effective.

King's Theatre to-morrow. newspaperwoman, employed in ; Don't think I am detracting from

France, by an American syndi. cate, who, tired of writing about the latest styles in hats and brassieres, hops to Madrid (after the Franco victory) and per sundes a young Spanish general to free a young countryman held as à prisoner of war. She ac-

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the work of the most amazing juventlo

stor the screen has ever had. Actu- ma

This role, originally played by the late Marle Dressler, caused many pro- ducers headaches, as no actress could ·

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The Westerner be found who sulted the parts Otted

saddle again in "The Westerner," rayal, her long experience Gary Cooper takes down his spurs Rambenu, however, lives the por

stage and pereen finding at last some- elaborately produced outdoor. #tl melodrama that should please his fans thing that would crown the career and devotees. He appears as a true of any actress. son of the West who undertakes the

A colourful character, Tugboat adventurous job of settling a range

and claims recovery of British Incomacomplishes this by insisting she but us the story progressed it became his efforts af frst) and thus helps to wns a better man thon many other

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The Boys From Syracuse

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Unfortunately, "The Comedy of Errors" is not one of Shakespeare's better comedies; the plot is flimsy, the complications are incredible. Bur- lesquing it by turning the dialogue from blank verse into modern Amerl- can dialect of the "Listen to me, youse guys" and "Give him a big hand, boys," type, would have been excel- lent in a two-reel comedy-but the fun wears very thin when spread over an hour and a quarter.

Allan Jones differentiates well be- tween the pleasant Antipholus of Syracuse and the swollen-headed brother of Ephesus. Joe Penner has less chance of drawing any distinc- ilons between the two Dromios, since they are each simple clowns ut heart. Martha Raye will please her admir- ers once more with her energetic vocal and physical contortions; Rose- mary Lane makes a pleasant heroine; and Irene Hervey. is attractive but somewhat lost in the background as

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Charles Butterworth, Alan Mowbray and Eric Blore round off a strong supporting comedy cast.

The fim, is at the King's to-day.

Pastor Hall

"Pastor Hall," a British film, is the' best yet made about ilfe In Nazi Germany-a human story of the Wilfrid struggle and suffering of Lawson (as Pastor Hall) in his effort to fight against the new Government and its idents,

His daughter, -Nova Tllbearn, tries to restrain him and even offers her-. solt to the local stormtroop leader; Marlus Goring, in an attempi to have him released from a epricentration camp, but the pastor's religious be llefs carry him inexorably towards the tragic ending.

The story is grim and sad. The fim is as far from light entertain- ment as could be imagined. Yet it is a very good film, one which will

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The performances throughout are excellent. Wiltrid Lawson naturally stands out, but, ho also receives:mag-

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ally she is better than ever but she gains very considerably from the ex- cellence of her adult support.

Personally, I can see no reason why she should not go on acting still, win ning her way by the very fact that she is an artiste to her finger tips.

When the picture opened, I fell we war between cattlemen and home- Annie spent 30 years running the tug were in for something really good, stenders (neither skle takes kindly to and proved time and again that she more and more typically Hollywood found the prosperity of Texas. in design.

Gary is at his best doing this sort captains.

but the acting honours go The picture is a mixture of comedy thing. but Shirley, who has lots of song and to Walter Brennan who has an ex- dance numbers la cast as an orphan hibition piece role as "Judge Roy and drante, and the sequences in adopted by a vaudeville couple who Bean, leader of the cattlemen. The which Miss Rambeau is told that she. eventually include her in thele net. character is based on one of the most has been, fired,, and her reactions to Their embition is to settle down picturesque figures of the old West this, finds the star achieving a new on a farm in New England and in this who established himself as the law high in drenatle acting. they succeed, but find that the country of the district and had a fan passion

for Lily Langtry. folk are very standoffish.

The role of her rival, takes in the Bean's bar-room court and his wor- original version by Wallace Beery, All the social and domestic comedy is handled with humour and sincerity, ship of the Jersey Lily provide rich is in the very capable hands of Atan but to bring about a happy ending the comedy relief and human Interest. Hale, and he injects some rough, and old, old cinematic devices of a stoc, tele, particularly in the concluding ready humour to make the picture yet There is no lack of action or spec- and gallant on the distinctly bright, sequences. The film, which is due more entertaining. Jane Wyman and they overweigh distinctly, soon at the Lee Theatre, has been Ronald Reagan (Mr and Mrs Reagon have gone before.

endowed with finer characterisation, in real life) supply the romance, but There is something both amusing stronger direction and better story and touching about the hearty vau values than is usual even in large the roles are obscured by the fine deville actors' efforts to live a coun- scule horse opera,

acting of the two principals.

introduced;

Jack Oakio, Shirley Temple and Charlotte Greenwood as they appear in "Young People," "show-

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