LOVABLE STORY

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 32303, 23 August 1943, Page 5

LOVABLE STORY

“ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN” PROGRAMME AT REGENT «M<fc.l«,i ,n ■ ‘I | HUMOUR, WARMTH AND SPIRIT “One Foot In Heaven,” the Fredrie March-Martha Scott co-starring film which goes into the Regent Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday has something brand new to offer in the way of screen entertainment. Based on the best-selling novel by Hartzell Spence, it'tells the story of a “practical parson” and his family in the first part of the century. Spence’s own familyare the characters in the real-life story, and they have been brought to life delightfully by the able cast of players. Thei'e is humour, warmth and the ■spirit of abiding faith in the story of the man who served God nobly, with ■one foot in the heaven and the other very solidly on the ground. His was no Sunday job, but an all-week job of solving the problems, easing the sorrows, chasing the joys of his congregation. In his tasks he was ably assisted by his wife who stood by him in all times of stress and subtly engineered him into the right decision in many of his problems. To their three very human youngsters fell the task of serving as models for the children of the congregation, and the job wasn’t always an easy one. Romance and drama and rich humour were integral parts of the Spence family life and they are integral parts of the motion picture. , . ; FINALLY TO-NIGHT “TAKE A LETTER, DALING” “Take a Letter Darling,” will show finally to-night at the Regent Theatre.