The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 19, 20 February 1942, Page 4

The Theatres

REGENT

Screening Saturday and Monday, "Gone With The Wind Up" Censored as "Gasbags." T,he Crazy Gang —Flanagan, Mervo and Knox, Haughton and Gold: The picture that is breaking all records for hilarity. The hilarious adventures of . the Crazy Gang in a burlesque of Europe to-day! Laugh—as Hitler's 30 'Doubles' go on strikewhen impersonating the Fuehrer becomes too dangerous. Don't compare this film with the normal standard because you just can't! It's just plumb crazy; rollicking, screamingly funny situations pile one on another. Its the quintessence of craziosity! The management guarantees that this crazyshow will not be shown anywhere else for at least 24 hours! No increase in admission prices and owing to the stupidity of the story there will be the usual sessions daily.

j GRAND Just a boy and his dog—they're the important ones in the new Paramount film drama, "The Biscuit Eater," and the main figures in a story that's bound to touch the heart of any one who's ever loved a kid— ' or a hound! Featuring ten year old Billy Lee, talented boy star,. "The Biscuit Eater" tells of a Georgia youngster who sets his heart on a dog the world, calls no good and turns him into a champion of cham>pions only to have his work ruined in a tragic denouement. Taken front the popular Saturday Evening Post story of the same name by James Street, the picture boasts one of the year's most authentic backgrounds, . having been filmed entirely on the sifot, in Albany, Georgia, by Director Stuart Heisler. Supporting Lee In the cast are Cordell Hickffi|uu as his pickaninny pal, Helene and Hichard Latte.

"The Round Up," Preston Foster* * Richar.d Dix. Reckless thrills! Flam- • ing hearts; Blazing guns! The finest outdoor picture to come this for years. Adapted from the famous ■ stage play. A well produced, well acted pictiire. Measured, by standards of to-day, the story is possessed of more freshness and power than contemporaries in its sphere of interest. Indeed, it is a Western film of very high standard. A mighty drama played against the breathless „ } beauty of the whole unspoiled panorama of the West.