The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 252, 20 December 1940, Page 4

The Theatres

REGENT Matinee and evening screenings to-day and to-morroA\% and screening on Monday evening, "Dad Rudcl, Mi.P." Bert Bailey, Fred McDonald, Barbara Weeks, Alec Kellaway, Yvonne East, Connie Martyn. "Dad" (on the phone): "Help! Give me the police-—the Fire Brigade—a couple of ambulances! Somebody's got to stop 'Dave'—he's driving me mad and turning the whole country crazy with laughter!" This is is happening with Cinesound's hilarious succession to "Dad and Dave Come to Town."' These days we cart air do with a good laugh, and Dad and Dave are the boys who can give it to us—especially when Dad gets mixed up in politics. Bert Bailey, of course, would be an asset anywhere. In his white whiskers and his rural clothes, he makes Dad Rudd into a beaming jjhilosopher.. When he turns and storms against the family, his tempers cannot be taken seriously. The real Dad is the publics-spirited tiller of the soil—• the man who faces up to drought,, and to a miserly, self-seeking neighbour, and causes the right to prevail. . ? " .

GRAND "20,000 Men a' Year" and "TorcKy Runs For Mayor" will have their final presentations to-day. ".Twb v "Sj®=K* sions to-morrow end one on Monday. "Invisible- Stripes" George- "Raft, William Holdenßßimphrey Bogart,, Flora Robson/ Jane Bryan. Sfark, intense drama' The story of people you will never forget—five people ) bound together by invisible stripes. "Hidden Gold ;,s Hopaiong Cassidy t series. Wm. Boyd, Russell Hayden, Ruth Rogers. Cassidy's greatest ad+ venture. Your greatest thrill!