The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 162, 20 May 1940, Page 4

The Theatres

REGENT Again to-day and to-mor-row,. "Stanley and Livingstone," Spencer Tracey, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene, Sir Cedric 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 he returned to civilisation offering proof that Livingstone was still alive; of how the Royal Geographical Society dismissed his reports as the work of a mountebank and an imposter; of how, in the great moment of his bitter humiliation, news came from Zanzibar that Livingstone was indeed dead but had, before he died, set down a record of how Stanley had found him; and finally of how, on Livingstone's death, Stanley went back to carry on 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 Cedric Hardwiclte's portrayal of the inspiring Dr Livingstone. GRAND To-day, to-morroAv, "Death of a Champion" Lynne Overman, Donald O'Connor, Virginia Dale. Mystery and mirth—murder at the Dog Show. An amazing and amusing mystery 'ory is unfolded Szf ''Death of a Champion." When the story ODens Overman and his assistant, Donald O'Connor, are selling at a dog show, when a champion dog mysteriously dies. Then in quick succession three who must know why the dog was done away with, are murdered. Overman becomes involved. "Thanks for the Memory'* Hob Hope, Shirley Rossjl Charles Butterworth, Otto Kruger. A delightfully human comedy-ro-mance . . . the scrappy pair who made such a hit in the song 'Thanks for the Memory' in a streamlined comedy of young married love£. . [ts trials, tribulations and h'ttii&mrs.