REGENT PREVIEW
"THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE"
la the nature of a pre-release "The Enchanted Cottage" comes to the Regent Theatre Monday (Labour Day), Tuesday and Wednesday, 22, 23 and 21. As yet this film has> uot been shmvn in any of the cities, and practically its first screening in the Dominion will be in Whakatane. As :l result of this it comes without the benefit of city advertising, reviews' or criticisms, and accordingly theatregoers have no standard but their own by which to judge its worth, Briefly, it concerns the story of a young' pilot discharged from the Air Corps wrecked in body and mind with every hope, and dream shattered; and the new life he built for himself from the ruins.
"The Enchantcd Cottage" was written by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero in response, to a desire of the British Government for a play to boost the morale of the shell-shocked and wounded soldiers from World War I. It was first staged in London in 1921 and on Broadway in 1923. It was filmed as a silent picture in 1924. In the R.K.O. version, the present film, the background has been shifted, and the time brought forward to World War 11. It is Ide- , finitely not a war picture, but was made in the hope that besides providing unusual entertainment, it might also suggest answers to some of the problems of returning war. wounded. Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire, and Herbert Marshall as the blind composer, John Hillgrove are cast in the stellar roles. For once local residents' will have the opportunity of seeing a film, and then watching its success in Auckland (and also the remarks of the critics). "The Enchanted Cottage" promises much in the way of entertainment.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 16, 19 October 1945, Page 8
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289REGENT PREVIEW Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 16, 19 October 1945, Page 8
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