The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 185, 12 July 1940, Page 4

The Theatres

REGENT Matinee and night screenings, "The Star Maker" Li'nda Ware, Ned L • - Sparks, Bing Crosby. Commencing with two presentations to-morrow, "The Lion Has Wings",. Ralph Rich- - , ardson, Merle Oberon,, and the RoyI al Air Force, including 'Cobber* Kain. The most amazingly exciting entertainment the screen has "ever known . . . An Alexander "Kor--1 da production which dramatises, r with a stirring personal story, tlie - great organisation and achievements of the Air Force, and * how Great Britain gradually awoke ■ to the menace of Hitlerism, One 2 of the most interesting episodes of 7 - the film shows shots of the. daring 2 raid on the Kiel Canal. Step by step the fight is followed from tilie first instruction of the fliers to the take-off, the conversation during the flight, the bombs being release ed, the explosions on German -warships. The final shots show the return flight of the air squadron and t)he men who actually carried out the raid. Merle Oberon, Ralph Rich- ' ardson, June Duprez and Flora Robson play prominent roles in this most impressive film, f — > GRAND Island" and "Laugh j. It Off." Matinee and night to-mor-row "Nick Carter, Master Detective" Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Henry Hull, Donald Meek. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer present fiction's most adventurous Sleuth in the ? most breath-taking thriller of all 1 time! Those who enjoy a thrilling r mystery story, and there are few ! who do not, will be delighted with • the first picture of a new series, ; "Nick Carter, Master "Call of the Rockies," Charles Starrett. The popular new Western star in an exciting action story of hardriding, jaw-smashing sons of the saddle, with "The Sons of the Pioneers," the sweetest singing critters who ever pumped cold blooded killers full of hot lead!