REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 133, 22 June 1937, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

BEAUTY IN TECHNICOLOUR PILM. In ' ' God 's Country and the Woman, ' ' which sereens at the Regent to-night, Warner Bros., who gaie talkiug pictures to the world, mvented the screen musical and created the vogue for film biographies, have done it again. This time they have taken techmcolour and made it natural. Tlie result is an almost unbelievably beautiful production oi" James Oliver Gurwood's famous novel ' ' God 's Country and the Woman. ' ' Taking his cast, headed by Georgc Brent and Beverly Roberts, an the great woods district of Washington, Director William Keighley transferred the thrilling romanee and stirring action of the novel to the screen, The millions who have delighted in the novel wall get an entirely new thrill when they see this picture, for the eolour photography is far more natural and beautifui than anything ever filmed and the director and players, including hundieds of real lumberjacks used in the melee, have caught the spirit of the book' and becomo not merely competent actors. but living personificaticns of the author's eharacter. ' Steve Russell, as played by George Brent, is the liappy-go-lucky playboy partner of the Russett Lumber Co. His i)rother Jeff, portrayed by Robert Barrat as a rough and ready lumberman without the proverbial heart of gold, has Steve kidnapped and brought to the lumber camp in the Avoods, af ter Steve has upset a crooked deal by \yhieh Jefi; had hoped to possess himself of the Crown Timberlands, his biggest rivals. Escaping from his kidnappers, Steve finds his ' way to the Crown Timberlands, where he meets and fa.ls in love with Jo Barton, tlie eapable young woman who heads the rivai company, played by that fast-rising newcomer to the screen, Beverly Roberts. Thrilling sequences, like tho felling of giant trees, the plunging of a log train over the clifl! and terrifie log jams that threaien the life- of the heroine, will keep the audience gasping at the combination of power and beauty.