The Theatres
REGENT ; Final screening to-day of "Gone io the Dogs'' George Wallace, Lois Green, John Dobbie, Jolm Fleeting, Alec Kelle-way, Let.ty Craydon. To-morrow, matinee and night, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'" Mickey Roonev, Walter Connolly, Lynne Carver, William Frawley, Jo Ann Sayers, Elizabeth Risden. Metro-Goidwyn,Mayer presents Mark Twain's delightful story of life on the Mississippi . . . with every thrill and laugh . . . just he wrote it! The Duke of Bilgewater . . . the lost Dauphin . . .. . Black Jim . . . the Widow Douglas . . . and all the other beloved characters live again . . . recreated for. all time by the producers of 'David Copperfield'! Mickey Rooney plays "Huck Finn" as though he were 2 * born for the role, and he runs into ' the same hair-raising and laughter-' raising adventures that "Huck" did . in the book. Adventure and comedy are admirably blended in the exciting narrative, which adheres faithfully to the original story by Mark Twain. *
GRAND
Final screening to-day of "The Lady's From Kentucky" and "Insid# Information." Commencing to-mor-row, matinee and night, "King of the Underworld" Humphrey Bogarfc, "King of the Underworld" is one of the most exciting gangster films released. Humphrey Bogart plays the lead, and adds yet another triumph. I to his long list of successes in parts of this kind. Kay is s£eu in one of her best in the feminine lead, while others in a care-fully-selected casb are James Step- • henson, John Eldridge, Jessie Busley and Arthur Ayleswortli. "Gambling Ship" Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack.* Mystery . . . danger . . . aboard a floating gambling dive ... Romance tangled on crooked wheels.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 136, 15 March 1940, Page 4
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