The Theatres
REGENT I Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with matinees Wednesday and Friday. "Breaking thq l,ce" Bobby IJreen, Charlie Ruggles, Dolores Cos. tcllo, Billy Gilbert, Robert Barrat. Film fans will see a Bobby Breen with a ncAV and vitalised screen personality in the eleven year old stars latest screen vehicle, ''Breaking the Ice'' which is his most elaborate and ambitious picture to date. Bobby has the role of a country lad who goes forth to seek his fortune in th-; city —with a song on his I'ps pud dynamite in his fists! Supporting hi m is a strong cast including several important and popular names. Charlie Ruggles one of the screen's most beloved character actois. is given ample opportunity for h's dry coined v. Dolores Gostcllo, long a star herself and one of the most beautiful women in pictures, plays the role of Bobby's mother.
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Again .Wednesdav and Thursday. "Pacific Liner" 'Victor MeLaglen. Chester Morris, "Wendy Barrie. Alan Hale Allan Lane. The vivid contrast between the boredom and sophistication on the passenger deck of a,n ocean steamer, and the inferno of human passions in the vessel's stokehold, presents a striking back, ground for RKO Radioes ''Pacific Liner'' in which Victor McLaglen and Chester Morr's are so_starred. This is the electric storyi of two valiant men facing the most perilous moment in their lives. Each is brave— in his own way. One, an engineer fights with his strong body, and the other, a doctor with the skill on hi--hands. Their hatred for each other is a.s unbounded as their lov 0 for the same beautiful woman. The seething d'-ama that results in their clash pf wills on hoard a doomed shin provides One of the most gripping rl'i maxes seen on the screen in recent months.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 50, 16 August 1939, Page 8
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