REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 71, 16 December 1937, Page 10

REGENT THEATRE

« ' CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS. ' ' "Captain Courageous," Rudya il Kipling's famed tale of the heroic Gloueester fishermen and the boy whom they regenerated through ideals of courage and humanity, screens at ihe Regent to-night. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has capfcured, m terms of camera magic, thespiritand beauty of the sea and of the men who go down to it in ships. Backgrounled against the stirring and lamorous, evercnanging moods of the ocean against the striking, tall-masted fishing schooners their sails unfurled to the breeze, showing step by step the fascinating and dangerous work of the Gloueester fishermen, and permeated with thrill aiter thrill from the - - : of an ocean lincr to be picked i /. by a Port lese fisherman, to > final race vceii two ships who want to be the first to return to port with the cat ' , thc Kipling tale Unfolds its narrrtive of a spoxl-d inillionaire's son who is almost against hjs will tr- ;lta new way of life and a ilew respect for his fellowmen with a power and tenderness that easily ranks "Captain Courageous" as one of the most distinguished photoplaya of thiB year or any other ylar. As for the cast, it is as perfect as a cast can be. In a portrayal surpassing even his acclaimed role in "David Copperfield," the brilliant child star, Freddie Bartholomew, brings to life the spoiled hero of "Captains Courageous," making the boy a ereature of warmth, sympathy and understanding. Equally effective is outstanding work of Spe cr Tracy as th- 'ortuguese fisL. iman, Manuel, who is the first to instii ideals of - nhood in h;s ittle protege's mind and who Lecomes his faat f l to the end.