The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 23, 12 June 1939, Page 6

The Theatres

Neddo's IZB Concert Party will be 1 at the Grand on Wednesday and radio fang will have the opportunity of seeing their favourites in the ilesh alter hearing tlicm in the air., Inelud. Ed in the party are such well-known personalities a,s "Rocks," Pixie and her violin, Edna Vane, soprano, Auck land's Popeye (Norman Lewis), New Zealand's Bobby Breen (Don Hun,ter) Pattic McMinn ? The Roost C r Man (Colin Haw) Neddo and his Dr*uiius, Tui„ the studio p'anist, and other well known favourites. The box plan is now open at Armstrongs.

REGENT Monday and Tuesday, at 7.30 p.m. ''Spawn of the North.'' George Raft Dorothy Lamour. Paramount's panoramic drama of untamed Alaska. In the spring of each year out of the quiet of Northern winter Alaska springs into roaring, spectacular life . . . the heroic saga of the imperative irresistible, mvstcrious salmon •f run. Wednesday. Thursday, Friday at 7.30 p.m. Matinees Wednesday and Friday at 1.30 p.m. "Boy's Town.'' An Academy Award Winner! Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney. Challenging the great dramas of all time, Metro-Goldwyn.Mayer present an incomparable Spencer Tracev, in the role for which he won the coveted Academy Award, and Mickey Rooney, the most popular and talented boy on the screen, in, a story clipped from life itself. ''Bojfs' Town'" is rich in understanding . . . delightful in good > old fashioned humour . . . deep in human under, standing .. . high in idea! GRAND To-night at 7.30 p.m. "The Great Man Votes" John Barrymore. Acclaimed by overseas critics as "A Masterpiece of Entertainment," tHs dramatic comedy of a self_made failure and his eventual rehabilitation, has amazed the world with its appeal ing charm, powerful story, superb acting, and sincere humanity. "Rose of the Rio Grande'' John Carroll. Thrills aplenty—when a hot-blooded adveriturer pursues a lovely senorita . . . and swears vengeance on the despoilers of his land! Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30 p.m. "Romance in the Dark" Gladys Swar. thout. Paramount's light-hearted story of a country choir girl masquerades as a Persian Princess to win musical fame a,nd the heart of one of Europe's greatest impressarios Hilarious comedy. Gladys Swarthout glamorously beautiful nightingale of the screen in her first modern role. "Law West of Tombstone" Harry Carey. Here is an action picture that ht-is captured the real atmosphere of the West of 50 years ago.