GOOD WESTERN

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32417, 5 April 1944, Page 5

GOOD WESTERN

LAND OF THE OPEN RANGE PROGRAMME AT REGENT L - / “SHE COULDN’T SAY NO” ALSO Dealing out sagebrush justice to live hombres- is one thing but corraling an ornery ghost is another. Quite a novel idea in the way of story material, too, as proven by Tim Holt’s newest RKO Radio, western, “Land of the Open Range,” which will show at the Regent Theatre on Thursday only. A gay, delightful comedy which makes for real light-hearted entertainment, is Warner Bros.’ “She Couldn’t Say No,” which will also show Thursday only at the Regent Theatre. The film is a lively melee that mixes romance with legal intrigue and breach-of-promise suits, starring a trio of popular and capable players. Roger Pryor, handsome 'band-leader leading man, is starred with Eve Arden talented stage star who has made a name for herself in pictures. Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards is featured.

SATURDAY ONLY DOUBLE FEATURE With nothing up their sleeves and nothing in their heads, except laughs aplenty, Laurel and Hardy are coming to the Regent Theatre Saturday only in “A Haunting We Will Go,” a rollicking film which, judging from advance notices, abounds in practically all the ingredients of solid entertainment—magic, murder, mirth, action and romance.

Just when we need it most, it seems that Stan and Ollie have come up with their hilarious best. And something new has been added in the person of Dante, the great magician, who performs feats never before seen on the screen.

Ravishing Sheila Ryan and John Shelton are teamed in the romantic interludes. They are just two people happy in love, until Stan and Ollie’s misadventures inexorably encompass their lives too. But it looks this' time as if all of Stan’s and Ollie’s bungling will have to be forgiven, 'because it inadvertently brings a gang of criminals to the bar of justice and threatens to bring the house down. “The Navy. Comes Through,” starring Pat O’Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Jackie Cooper and Max Baeur, will show Saturday only at the Regent. Action, Romance, Heroism, Adventure! It’s. “Battle Stations” and “Clear for Action” as a handful of Navy heroes make a merchant tub a trap for preying subs....and outfight surface raider and stuka in a broadside of 'battling adventure, salty laughter, pier-six brawls, stirring romance. Drama of the Navy that detonates like a depth charge. “IMMORTAL SERGEANT” ACTION-PACKED PICTURE “Immortal Sergeant” 20th Century Fox’s action-packed picture version of John Brophy’s stirring novel, is the first film drama of the blazing desert warfare that led to the British victory in Libya. Many of the obstacles which face the men fighting for freedom in the heat of the desert are shown in graphic detail. Sand storms, attacks by stukas and protracted bombings are part of the daily routine undergone by the relentless fighters, and how they laid the ground work for the final attack takes up much of the footage of the interesting film. This is not to say that romance is excluded, for according to preview reports, “Immortal Sergeant” is one of the most human stories to come out of the war.

Henry Fonda and Maureen O’Hara are starred in the thrilling film coming Monday and Tuesday to the Regent Theatre.