The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 161, 17 May 1940, Page 4

The Theatres

REGENT Two screenings to-day and tomorrow "Stanley and Livingstone" Spencer Tracey, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene, Sir Cedrie Hardwicke, Henry Hull, Walter Brennan. The film is the story of Stanley ... of how he was assigned to "find Livingstone," of how he found him, of how - returned to civilisation ofJepirfgthat Livingstone was still' alivef of how the Royal Geographic^"Society dismissed his reports ais ! tlie work of a mountebank ,aml an imposter; of how, in the great moment of his bitter humiliation, ne\Vs. came from Zanzibar that Livingstone was indeed dead but had, before lie died, set down a record of how Stanley had found him; and finally of how, on Livingstone's ' death, Stanley went back to carryon his Work and to become himself one of the greatest of all explorers. Spencer Tracey could not be said to act the part of Stanley; he lives it! And hardly less impressive is Sir Cedrie Hardwicke's portrayal of the inspiring Dr Livingstone. GRAND Final screenings to-day of "The Escape" and "Big Guy." Commencing to-morrow with matinee kjjand night presentations, "Death Vm a Champion" Lynne Overman, fronald O'Connor, Virginia Dale. Mystery and mirth—murder at the Dog Show. An amazing and amusing mystery "tory is unfolded In E 'Death of a Champion." When the story opens Overman and his assistant, Donald O'Connor, are selling encyclopaedias at a dog show, when a champion dog mysteriously dies. Then in quick succession three persons, who must know why the dog was done away with, are murdered. Overman becomes involved. "Thanks for the Memory" Hob Hope, Shirley Ross* Charles Butterworth, Otto Kruger. A. delightfully human comedy-ro-mance . . . the scrappy pair who made such a hit in the song 'Thanks ror the Memory' in a streamlined jomedy of young married love . . [ts trials, tribulations and humours..