REGENT THEATRE
"THE GOOD EARTH." The mucb-beralded "Good Earth"screens at tbe Eegent Tbeatre tonigbt. To say tbat it is a great picture is not enough. It is tbe talking screen's most outstanding masterpiece. Co-starred in "The -Good Earth" are Paul Muni and Luise Rainer. In 1936, both won the individual acting awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Togetber, their performances defy equal. Briefly, this picture tells the story of a 'man's battle for sustenance from the soil, with his wife beside him. Wang (portrayed by iPauI Muni) iB a farmer, With bis wife O'Lan (Luise Rainer) be rears his family despite the cruel setbacbs from Nature, and the man-made strife of a bloody revolution. His struggle for existence, and ultimate acquisition of ricbes, may be tbe parallel of any one of us here to-day. In tbe simplicity of "Tbe Good Ebrtb" in its application to every man liee the secret of its greatness.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 33, 2 November 1937, Page 8
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157REGENT THEATRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 33, 2 November 1937, Page 8
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