AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 169, 14 April 1939, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

“ON OUR SELECTIQJt>> “Ou Our. Selection,” Australia’s evergreen laughter favourite,' which screens at the Regent Theatre on Thursday: and Friday, with Bert Bailey, and Fred MacDonald as the original “Dad” and “Dave”, is re-issueci in response to enthusiastic public demand and attracting enormous crowds everywhere .ft is being screened- Again you’ll sreeam when “Dad’- falls into fhe river with a cartload of squealing pigs—again >you’ji : ' ; ic,oar when the mad bull smashes' up" : tiflj ‘appy ’ome;—and -when “Dave” smarts to maliie love as only “Dave” can—well, these are but a few of the laughterladen situations in this sensational comedy ’favourite that has delighted Australian stage and screen audiences for over a. quarter of a century. A NATION IS BUILT” “A Nation is Built”, which screens with “On Our Selection” at the Regent Theatre on Thursday and Friday is an inspiring epic of national achievement. -Captain Hurley andl his Onesound unit spent six months in making “A Nation is Built,” and travelled over 12,000 miles in New South Wales alone. The scenes of Sydney alcpte, and of the myriad subjects of interests to a pleasure-loving nation, .such as the snows of Kosciusko, the sails on Sydney Harbour, the magnetism of the beaches and the manhood of the lifesavjers, the call of the surf and all it offers in sport—all these are shown from such unusual camera angles that one see.s Sydney in attire more fascinating than before. The very spirit of the people,, as well as the promise of their country, breathes in these scenes.