AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 274, 22 December 1939, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

“YOU CAN’T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN’' Hilarious comedy sequences deftly ■woven into a powerful story stamp. Universal’s “You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man” as one of the year’s best screen offerings. Heading the cast of tho-picture, which screens next Tuesday and Wednesday, at the Regent Theatre, are W. C. Field's, Edgar Bergen and Charlie .McCarthy. They are rated as Hollywood’s top comedy combination ami they certainly live up to their reputation! Highlighting the film, as youi might suspect, is the hitter lend .between Fields and his wooden nemesis, .McCarthy. Their battle reaches new heights of potency and comedy in “You Can't Cheat An Honest .Man.” You’ll laugh ’till your sides ache whim Charlie pops up with a Idack eye, instigated by Fields, .and has to do one of his acts in blackface, so the discoloured l orb won't be noticed. The attractive Constance Moore, playing her first major role, gives a, brilliant performance. Mortimer Si lord is back again too. BURN EM UP O'CONNOK “Burn ’em Up O'Connor” which screens at the Regent Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday, is the first in a new series of sport features. It teams Dennis 0 Jveele and Cecilia Parker for the first time and marks the return of -Edward Sedgwick to the family of M-U-M directors. Fast-rip-roaring action from midget racing cars keep the action as the film travels at top speed to picture the hig time auto races held annually in America. “STRANDED IX PARIS” .“Stran,Yd "‘lnch screens at the Regent Theatre next Thursday and Friday has eom’ddy that is hilarious and action and fun that anybody can enj0y...... Benny is the mauagci of a theatrical troupe which becomes stranded in Paris. Without money and unable to talk French, the company,comprised mostly ot pretty gills, experiences a torrid time when Benny meets Joan Bennett, the fourth richest girl in the world 1 , ip a cato. Sim happens to have lolt home without money, and to pay for her meal, appeals to* Benny, who is dressed as a cow-hov. Benny is sorry to see such pretty girl “going that way” and olfcrs her a. job with his company. What happens before the company is Reported to America is considerable, ,;oid the trouble Benny hinds them all in from time to time makes.a screamingly funny picture. It is racy, breezy and' goes with a swing throughout. Those who enjoy a good laugh will appreciate “Stranded in Paris.” “STORM OVER BEIN’GAL” Glorious in its sweep oT exciting •ndvtmtnre in north-west India, laillung outpost- of Empire, and moving in its depiction of gallantry and heroism is “Storm Over Bengal,” Itepiiolie’s thrill-teeming romance of the .Bengal Lancers, . which comes to the •Regent Theatre on Saturday, December" dfl, “Storm Over -Bengal”, is a .must-sce picture for the entire lamj,|y, and one that will long bo remembered for its deeply-eteliedl portrayal 111 cl its excellent story. •iKIAST SIDE OF HEAVEN” Headed by Bing Crosby and Joan Blundell, one of the most capable casts ever found in a single picture was assembled for Universal’s “East Side of Heu'ven,” which screens at the Rogeii-t'Yheatre on Saturday, December Bing and Joan are co-starr-in tliis film which features bit songs, ronnaiicc aril comedy against •* strong human background. And they sire surrounded by a galaxy of pluyeis including M.iselm Auer, often referred *<> ;vs the mad Russian, “Sarnly," 10-jnontbs-old baby. Irene Harvey, C. Aubrey Smffli, J. Farrell MacDonald, Mary Coir, Robert Kent and Douglas Wood.