The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 227, 18 October 1940, Page 5

The Theatres

REGENT Matinee and evening, screenings to-day, "Ninotchka" with Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas ,in the leading rolo;s. Commencing with two sessions to-morrow, "Rulers of. the ; Sea" Will Fyffe, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.j Margaret Lockwood, George Bancroft, „ Montague Love. Just a year more than a century ago a little steamship ventured out of the port of London bound for New York, the first ship to attempt the crossing of the treacherous North Atlantic under the power of steam alonei The departure of that ship on its history-making voyage changed the maritime history of the world, and Frank Lloyd, recognising the inherent drama of the event, the great story behind that sailing, has produced in "Rulers of the Sea" a. salty, vigorous, thrilling .motion pie ture telling the story of tli%, courageous men and women who helped: - to bring the dream of the conquest _ of the Atlantic to magnificent realisation. ; ■ GRAND *-_ • « Final screening to-night. "Strange Faces" and "Unexpected Father." Commencing with matinee arid evening screenings to-morrow, "Espionage Agent" .loel McCrea, Brenda Marshall, Jeffrey Lynn, George Bancroft. History's most exciting paiges daringly brought to the scrccn! The danger zones of the world, witlfc every "secret agent" sitting on a powder keg. "Emergency Squad" William Henry, Louise Campbell, Robert Paige, Richard Denning*. Anthony Quinn. Action, suspenses and excitement abound in this thrill ling story, which gives an interesting insight into the varied 'duties of the Emergency Squad. .