The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 48, 11 August 1939, Page 8

The Theatres

REGENT Two sessions to-day matinee and night "Charlie Chan 111 Honolulu" and you meet the ucw Charlie Chan Sidney Toler the actor selected after a world wide search to carry on the Chan tradition. . . A killer strikes 011 the very doorstep of the famous detective . . . Chan is challenged in his own home town. The story is thrilling the .solution unusual and convincing. Commencing Saturday both mat. inee and uight. Wc proudly present the Premiere New Zealand screening of Warner Tiros very latest production "Tlie Dawn Patrol'' featuring Errol Flvnn who is today the most popular male star on the screen. His previous triumphs "Captain Blood/' "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "The Adventures of Robin Hood." Flynn's performance in the Dawn Patrol towers head and shoulders over his title role in "Robin Hood." The part of the gallant leader of the Dawn Pa'troi over, the enemy's lines fitting him as perfectly as the flying suit he wears. The title is no less famous than the gripping story of the fearless war birds of the British 59th .Flying . Squadron in France during the Great War . . r»lcn Of England whose deeds made the name of their country one to be feared and respected. The earlier "Dawn Patrol" remained preemin. ent among aviation pictures until Warner Bros set out to better the previous best with a bigger and bet ter production and bigger and better stars, such as Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone David Niven, Donald y Crisp and a hoast of others. Reservations will be heavy at C. S. Armstrongs.