WAIPAWA THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 80, 21 April 1937, Page 3

WAIPAWA THEATRE

"The Couritry Doctor" Darrly F. Zanuck's "The Country Doctor," sereening at the Waipawa Regent Theatre to-night, proves to be the "blessed event" of the year, as it presents the five famous Dionne Quintuplets laughing, crooniug, and stealing your heart as motion picture stars. It is a story bristling with drama, comedy, pathos and adventure that presents these universally loved babies in their first feature of length fJictrue roles, Jean Hersholt is the hero, as the doctor who dedicates his life to a tooth-and claw battle against pain and iil in a Canadian fur settlement. Hampered by official red-tape, sorely in need of. a hospital he an'tagonises tlie heads of his company, Toses liis position because -of ihe enmity of the company manager. He answers one last call for his services, and to his astonisliment brings five tiny miles to tbe world at' one birtlx, With a startling suddenness, the doctor finds his position- reversed. He is tbe focus oi world intqrest, he can demand and get everything he wants for his tiny .harges. And, in the climax, the man who faced a lonely old age beconjes the .•ecipient of highest honours from the Government. Contrasted against the dramatic central plot are the comedy roles of Slim Summerville and John Qualen, aud the youthfully tender romance of Michael Whalen and June Lang, all confributing to the story's entertainment power