The Theatres
REGENT
Again to-night and Tuesday, "Babes in Arms" Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee, Grace Hayes. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's wonderful musical and fun show . . . The most popular and 1 successful show since "The Great Ziegf'eld." Mickey's a riot! He taps! He swings a piano! He impersonates Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable! And finishes as a minstrel man! More dances —more song hits —more spectacle—more fun than ever crammed into one entertainment before! Song hits you'll soon be singing—"Good Morning," "Where or When," , "Babes in Arms/' "I Cried For You." "Babes in Arms" is set in the period that saw the passing of the vaudeville, and concerns those happy-go-lucky headliners. But mostly it deals with the kids of these famous performers, who save the day when they crash Broadway by the very talent that made- the names of their fathers and mothers household words. Mickey plays the son of a famous vaudeville team who, born backstage at the Palace Theatre, inherits all his father's talents plus a modern viewpoint.
GRAND Screening to-night and Tuesday, "The Lone Wolf Strikes Back" Warren William, Eric Blore, Joan Perry. The latest and most exciting screen adventures of that famous ex-cracksman, Michael Lanyard—the Lone Wolf. The extreme folly of' giving pretty, but uncertified, widows a glimpse of one's very valuable pearls Js indicated by the murder of a very infatuated and therefore trusting gentleman. "Man From Music Mountain" Gene Autry. The screen's most popular singing cow-> boy in another exciting outdoor adventure story replete with action, laughter and song.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 257, 13 January 1941, Page 4
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255The Theatres Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 257, 13 January 1941, Page 4
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