REGENT PREVIEW
"THE STORY OF DR. WASSELL' "The Story of Dr. Wassell" is the , attraction screening at the Regenl Theatre tomorrow night and Mon. day nigfyt. The whole film is in perfected technicolour, and runs foi just on two and a quarter hourssufficient to satisfy even the most ardent filmgoer. "The Story of Dr. Wassell" is not fiction, but the true representation of the exploits of Lt. Commander Corydon M. Wassell of the medical corps of the U.S. Navy, a former Arkansas doctor who won the Navy Cross and. a personal tribute from the late President Roosevelt for his action, is evacuating nine wounded sailors from the hell that was Java. Spectacle, action and romance are all woven into the story—a story which begins in the interior of China, and has its climax in the steaming heat of the Java jungle, and in the raging seas whi«h take their name from the fever ridden island, they surround. "The Story of Dr. Wassell is produced by Cecil B. De Mill© and portrays Gary Cooper in the title role. Coming to the Regent; Saturday and Monday, July 21 and 23.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 08, Issue 91, 20 July 1945, Page 4
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188REGENT PREVIEW Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 08, Issue 91, 20 July 1945, Page 4
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