The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 107, 8 January 1940, Page 5

The Theatres

REGENT Final screening to-night of "Submarine Patrol" featuring Richard Greene,, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster ; George Bancroft, Slim Summervillc, Warren Hymcr. A timely and thrilling story of the Navy played by a wonderful cast. Commencing Tuesday direct from the Auckland holi day season '"First Love" Deanna Durban's greatest picture! Excellent. . . The screen's sweetest song-bird linds her happiest note as she blossoms into a new world of romance. Deanna Durbin is seen in the throes of adolescent romance . . . Robert Stack is the fortunate young man. The story, like previous Deanna Dur bin vehicles, presents her as a nice, normal school girl, but this time she is on the verge of going out into the world. Quite a large proportion of the story takes place at the home of Deanna's Aery rich relatives, a family consisting of a lluttery, very blue-book aunt and two supercilious cousins. GRAND Grand, Monday and Tuesday "Fighting Thoroughbreds." Redblooded men—and blue-blooded horses in a thrilling, action-packed story of the racetracks. Blood wili tell in men and women, as in horses it takes a real thoroughbred to stand the ga<f ... to hold any pace against the stiffest odds ?r* life and yet have something left for the final drive down the stretch. "Outside These Walls" Michael Whalen. Drama and excitement fea. ture in the lilm "Outside These Walls." Stars of the show are Mich ael Whalen and Dolores Gostello, while the young film star, Virginia , Weidler, again demonstrates her great ability.