WAIPAWA REGENT
MONDAY "OLD HUiTCH" TO-NIGHT AND Millions of xeaders roared at " Old Hutch" when the story appeared in a national magazine. They and additional millions will laugh when they see Wallace Beery in the title rolo of tho iilm version showing at the Waipawa Regent to-night and Monday. Thc "laziest maa in the world" finds £25,000 in 3tolen notes and he can't find a way to snend itl That's the predicament in which • Wallace Beery finds himself an Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Old Hutch." Beery portrays the indolent but lovable native who finds a fortune but can't find a way to spend it. When he finally discovers that it is stolen money and that he can capture the criminals if he can summon the courage, Beery gives a performance that tops anything in his career of popular Toles. FARR-LOUIS FIGHT. Tommy Farr, the Welsh pitboy, who until a few months ago was comparatively unknown, by his thrilling display against Joe Louis has raised British boxing to its highest pinnacle for decades. He is the only Britisher in 40 years to go the full distance in a fight for the. heavyweight championship of the world. Farr has changed completely the outlook of the world 's heavyweight division. Tl|e fight should restore in boxing an enthusiasm' that had been waning. not' only in Britain, but througliout America and Australia.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 49, 20 November 1937, Page 8
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225WAIPAWA REGENT Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 49, 20 November 1937, Page 8
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