The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 31, 3 July 1939, Page 8

The Theatres

REGENT Despite the very adverse weather conditions Saturdaj-, the Regent The atre was filled to capacity for both sessions and we would remind intending patrons that reservations are free at Armstrongs. Direct from f; record breaking season at the Civic Theatre, Auckland, "Pygmalion 1 ' George Bernard Shaw's comedy. Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfre 1 Lawson, Marie Lohr. The reigning hit of every city in New ... Unrivalled. ... It stands alone ... The world's censor passed this amazing comedy success without one 'cut' Even the great Australian adjective is there ... It comes to you while it is still piling up record after record ... 8 weeks in 7 weeks in Auckland, 7 weeks in Christ church and record smashing seasons everywhere it has been screened ... From rags to riches ... A be-drag. gled flower girl who bloomed into rega,l loveliness ... an airy Cinderella story sparkling with delicious comedy. ''Pygmalion'' is a brilliant achievement by the British film industry. This story of Eliza Doolittle and Professor Higgins is a gem of comedy. But ShaAv is more than a jester, and in this picture is to be found his mocking scorn of the structure of society, wittily and vivaciously gilding a biting sermon on shallow conventions. GRAND Final screening to-night of Ep. 10 I laming Frontiers Serial, and while \ew York Sleeps'' together with an •excellent supporting programme. Commencing Tuesday, "You and Me" t George Ilaft and Sylvia Sidney. A powerful and cvriting drama -of paroled ex-convicts and the pmole rule that forbids them to marry. Doth Miss Sidney and Raft portray the roles of ex.convicts. Raft has worked out his parole and marries Miss Sidney, a eo.worker in a larg" department store. The girl, afraid of losing his love, conceals from him the fact that she is still on parole, and therefore runs the risk of belli;! committed to prison for marrying. HAST COAST BRIDGES' Two bridges which will eomplel" the link between Cape Runaway and Opotiki, on the Const scenic route, are scheduled for construction shortly and tenders are being c'dled for them. Each will comprise two spans >f !oft, and will bridge the Waio'\aha and Mangatoetoc stream-", which •>re between the two main, rivers, tiv' Raukokore and Whangaparaoa. Arrangements are being made to bridge the last of the .streams between Cap • Runaway and Hicks Ba,y, and when section is completed the road will be an all-weather route between Gisborne and Opotiki. The Maraehri'v ;l bridge has recently been eomp.Vtr:d and is now being used.