REGENT THEATRE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19987, 12 July 1939, Page 3

REGENT THEATRE

ERROL FLYNN IN “FOUR’S A CROWD.”

"Four's a Crowd," the film now showing at the Regent Theatre, has as its theme the entangled romances and ambitions of an American newspaper publisher, an editor and publicity agent, a woman reporter, and the granddaughter of a millionaire. From the opening scene until the final lines, this fiiin is packed with tangled and comic situations. Together with excellent supporting films, it makes a programme which is bound to be popular. The acting of tile principals, particularly Errol Flynn, who takes the part of the editor, is excellent. .Newspapers and newspapermen look like the real things in “Four's A Crowd." Michael Curtiz, devotee of realism and director of the film, saw to that a.s soon as he made a visit to the Los Angeles newspapers when lie was made director, and the result is a true reproduction of newspaper life. The romances do not become untangled until the final scenes, which include a race between two taxis and another motor car. in which the enraged millionaire is following.

—Friday: Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell in “Fast and Loose"—

The interesting Sioane family makes a return to the screen in "Fast and Loose" the enjoyable detective film which will be shown at the Regent Theatre on Friday. Roberv .Montgomery and Rosalind Russell appear as .Joel and Garda Slbane, a dealer in, old books .and his wife, who take more interest than their normal business would warrant in the art of criminal investigation. Those two characters were formerly played by Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice, bitj; the change in casting lias resulted in a pleasant freshness, almost a.s if entirely new personages were being presented. The film is another of those entertaining mixtures of mystery and humour for which "The Thin Man" set the fashion, the roles being so brilliantly handled, however, that the theme is kept fresh and novel. The excitement starts when a rare Shakespeare mnnuscrip l which the Slbanes have been commissioned to buy is stolen from a

safe and a clever copy substituted. The man who is selling the manuscript is then, killed and, although suspicion at first falls on the detective himself, he manages to clear himself and sets about iiis investigation in earnest. Many startling scenes make the film thrillm# entertainment, while the leading players are well qualified to deal with the humorous side of the production. Reginald Owen, Ralph Morgan and Joan Marsh tire included in the .supporting cast. Another of the "Crime Doesn't Pay” series and a Fitzpatrick Traveljalk also will be shown.