AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 239, 27 September 1939, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

“THE CROWD ROARS” As Tommy AlcCoy, the boy *vho fought his way from the slums to the heights, Robert Taylor presents the finest, most vigorous acting job he lias ever essayed in “The Crowd Roars,” now screening at the Regent Theatre. Here is the answer to the plea for action in pictures, with Taylor putting every ounce of energy and abili-„ ty into bis first prize light role. The picture is packed with thrills, warm lomanee, gripping romance. A east of champions supports the star : Frank ALorgau as his father, exvaudeville trouper; Edward Arnold as the gambler behind the scenes,of the fight game.; Afiuireon O’Sullivan, as his daughter and Jane Wyman as her school chum and rival for Taylor’s affections; William Gargan as the light-heavyweight champ killed in the ring by Taylor, bis former pupil; Lionel Stander as the star’s trainer; Nat Pendleton as Arnold’s gambling rival; Isabel Jewell as Gargan’ s . wife ; Gene Reynold# as Tommy AlcCoy as a hoy. Every one makes a standout of liis > or her characterisation. ...

“IX OLD AIEXICO” William Boyd, George Hayes and • ' Russell, Hayden, the familiar and wellliked saddlematos of •■'■many a “Mopaloug Cassidy” outdoor action romance, return to the screen in a new Clarence E. Alull'orcl thriller*. Paramount’s “In Old Alt xier/,” which screens next Friday, and .Saturday at the Regent Theatre.. The story revolves-.,about •'.u-'-.i'U’s”, campaign to avenge the nnirdiej* of one of his closest friends, a wealthy rancher, and rout a gang of bandits who have been plaguing the t.nt-i mod Aicxicau cattle country. Wcavbtg in anti o;p ei the, drama is A ro.n: a nee between Hayden, who plays the • piiil-.'d ••Lucky”, and Jane Clayi: :. the hcautijid new leading lady of. the “Cas-idy” films. “ILL EG AI. TRAFFIC” Gangland’:-, most powerful and daring figures are outsmarted by a clever young-(I-.man in ••Illegal Traffic”, Paramount's sensational expose- ol the “getaway” racket', which comes Friday and Saturday to the, screen of the Regent Theatre. The fast-moving plot concerns the now racket by which gangsters help criminals escape from the law “at 30,030 dollars a ride” and the government’s campaign to. clean . it up by using gangdom’s own tech- . niquo. J. Carrol Xaisli,. Larry C'rabbe and Pierre Watkin play the* chie't* -is gangsters, while .Robert Preston and Alary Carlisle share the romantic interest.