WAIPAWA THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 79, 20 April 1937, Page 3

WAIPAWA THEATRE

"The Country Doctor" i i ' i Darrly F. Zanuck's * 'The Country Doctor," screening at .the Waipawa Kegent Theatre on Wednesday, proves to be the "blessed event" of the year, as it presents the iive famous JDionne Quintuplets laughing, crooning, and stealing your heart as motion picture stars. It is & story Bristling with drama, comedy, pathos an'd adventure that presents these universally loved' babies in their first feature of length pictrue roles. Jean Hersholt is the liero, as the doctor who dedicates his life to a tootli-and claw battle against pain jind ill in a C'anadian fur settlemeat. Hampered b'y official red-tape, sorely in need of a hospital he antagonises the heads of his coinpany, loses his position because of .the einnity of the eompany inanager. He answers one last call for his services, and to his astonishnieufc brings live tiny uiites to tbe world at one birtli. With a startling suddenness, the doctor liuds liis position reversed. He is the l'ocus of world interest, he can deinaud and gct everything he wants for his tiny ••harges. And, in the cliiuax, the inan who faccd a lonely old age hecouies tlie .•ecipient of highest honours from the Government. Contrasted agaibst the dramatic central plot are the comedy roles of Slitu Summerville and Jolm Qualen, and tlie youthfully tender romance of Michael Whalen and June Lang, all contributing to the story's entertainment power