WAIPAWA THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 70, 9 April 1937, Page 7

WAIPAWA THEATRE

.j. % ii ii i "The White Angel" Tbe spirit oi "Tbe Wbite Angbl" will fly from tbe screen of tho Regent. Tbeatre, Waipawa, straigbt into tbe hearts of enthralled audionces when this picture culminates in a smasbing climax, witb tbe "Wbite Angel/' jn the person of Kay Francis, being decorated. by Queen Vietoyja for ber courage and bravery and her service to bumanity. The gtory of Florence Night. ingale's single banded battle against prejudices, greed and incompetency of some of the leading surgeons and government oiflcials of the middle of the last oentury i§ known tp tlie world, but never has it been depicted in such flaming and picturesque colour as in this fllm. The stpry of her battle against a hospital staff of surgeons wound np in red tape her determination to aid and comi'ort" ihe injured at the English basp hospital at Scutari, a Turkish town on the north ghore of the Bosporpiis, and at Balaclava, carries drania and romance that never have been equalledj. First Nationa) has given the pictur.e and eiaborate and lavishi production, with hospital and battlefleld scenes that tear the heart out and thrill one with the glory of men ®nd women who give their livcs for a cause. The picture's. background is unique, its getting built on a maraothe scale, Tbere is an exceptionally large and tajented cast, of principals, with more than a, thousand players in small roles or extra parts. Miss Francis is always a finished acti'ess, but never has s]ie been inore splendid than in tbe yole pf Florence Nightjngale, She giveg to tlie charactep the fire of enthusiasm that makes it live and breatbe on the screen