RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM “WHITE WINGS”
I “Whit© Wings,” a thrilling drama of th© sea, starring William Boyd ami | Elinor Fair, will b© shown this ever ing at th© Rialto and Regent (EdI som) Theatres. “Whit© Wings” is woven around an j historic race between two clipper i ships, on© British, the other American. from Foochow, China, to Boston Harbour, each laden with a cargo of tea. The story is laid in 1850, a period when America seriously threatened England’s supremacy of the sea. The “Yankee Clipper,” one of th* rivals, runs into a typhoon. Ixnmei.?' seas crash over her, sweeping her decks and tossing her hither anil thither like a cork. Overhead, thunder and lightning vie for supremacy, while the shrieking wind blows her sails to rags. She weathers the storm, but is so delayed that the race is won by the British ship. A full supporting programme will also be shown
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 394, 30 June 1928, Page 16
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