POIGNANT DRAMA

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32425, 1 May 1944, Page 5

POIGNANT DRAMA

“IN THIS OUR LIFE ” PROGRAMME AT REGENT TALENTED SUPPORTING CAST One of the year’s most poignandramas will make its local debut at the Regent Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday when Warner Bros.’ “In This Our Life” opens. The film features a brilliant cast with Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Dennis Morgan and George Brent in the leading roles, while Charles Coburn, Frank Craven and Billie Burke make up the talented supporting cast. The film is set in the South where a once proud family, the Timberlakes, have lost much of their prestige? due to the financial manipulations of one member of the family. Bette -plays the role of Stanley, a capricious, inconsiderate girl who believes her own happiness is the only thing that counts. Regardless of whom it may hurt, she is determined to do as she pleases. But she never gains that happiness. Her own striving for the unattainable brings unhappiness to her* and to everyone with whom she comes in contact. Her sister, Roy, played by Olivia de Havilland, is the one' to be most affected by Stanley’s thoughtless acts. Stanley, who is engaged to Craig Fleming, a bright young lawyer, played by George Brent, plans to forget about him and run off with her sister’s husband, Peter, a surgeon portrayed by Dennis Morgan. After a very short time, Peter realises his mistake in divorcing his wife and marrying Stanley. He becomes so miserable that he is forced to commit suicide.

In the meantime Roy and Craig, brought closer by their mutual unhappiness, fall in love. Stanley, after a very brief period of gnef, returns home and loses no time in plunging the entire household into a state of anxiety by her newest ininconsiderate acts. FINALLY TO-NIGHT “THE DAY WILL DAWN ” “The Day Will Dawn” will show finally to-night at the Regent Theatre.