The Theatres
REGENT
A FAMILY SHOW
A picture as timely and exciting as the latest news bulletin will open at the Regent Theatre to-day when Warner Bros' "A Dispatch from Reuter's" starring Edward G. Robinson, starts fis local run. The screen has brought to the front the stories of many famous people but never before has it revealed the tai? of a person so widely heard of, so little known. Robinson plays part of Julius Reuter, whose speedy dispatches held within them the fate of empires a»nd who; did more to form the ethical credo of iiews gathering than any man in history. He first had the idea of finding some way to speed up the travelling*' of hews when he was a child. Never forgetting his childhood ambition, he and his friend, played by .Eddie Albert, open a news agency and Use pigeons to carry the news between towns which have no telegraph. As years go on the Reuter's News Agency becomes jnore * and more associated with dramatic and far-reaching events despite attempts to place obstacles in his path-
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 191, 10 December 1941, Page 4
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180The Theatres Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 191, 10 December 1941, Page 4
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