The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 100, 4 September 1942, Page 8

The Theatres

REGENT With the blazing pageantry of Spain providing the colourful backi ground for Tyrone Power's most [powerful role, 20th Century-Fox's latest Technicolour hit, "Blood and Sand," has been called a "magnificent, tensely exciting and colourful film." This latest picture produced by D-arryl F. Zanuck features Linda Darnell and Rita Haywortli who head the famous name cast,. To faithfully capture 'the rich colours of the Spanish costumes, architecture and atmosphere, Director Rouben Mamoulian took his Technicolour camera crew and a troupe of 300 to Mexico City, where old Spain still survives in the new world. Amidst gem-encrusted costume's and the Latin atmosphere, the dramatic narrative of "Blood and Sand" took form.

GRAND Hugh Herbert stars in Ills latest Universal comedy "Don't Get Personal,'" the forthcoming attraction at the Grand Theatre. Herbert, playing the zaney heir to a pickle works goes unwittingly on his way through "don't Get Personal," causing a romantic mixup among lour young people and meanwhile outwitting attempts of pickle Avorks men to bilk him out of his inheritance.

A thrilling aerial battle between a pursuit plane and a bulky cargo plane, the first of its kind ever filmed, furnishes the climax in Paramount's sky thriller, "Forced Landing." Starring Richard Arlcn, the cast includes J. Carroll Naish, Eva Garbo, Nils Asther, John Miljian and Evelyn Brent.