REGENT THEATRE, ELTHAM.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1940, Page 4

REGENT THEATRE, ELTHAM.

"THE REAL GLORY" TO-NIGHT. Samuel Goldwyn's latest production, "The Real Glory," is reported to be the best action picture produced since "The Liyes of a Bengal Lancer." Six-foot Gary Cooper and the lovely Andrea Leeds provide the romantic interest in this stirring story of the Philippines. Henry Hathaway, who directed Gary Cooper in "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer," also directed "The Real Glory," which commences to-night at the Regent Theatre, Eltham. The picture unfolds a thrilling and exciting tale of adventure and romance with a series of most ex1 citing scenes filled with swift action and tense suspense. Gary Cooper plays the type of heroic outdoor role which has made him the prime favourite with motion picture lovers, portraying a doctor who has joined the constabulary in the Philippine Islands. The story transferred to the scrcen from the novel by Charles L. ClifTord dramatises the bold era of adventure and turrnoil that reigned in the Philippines after the SpanishAmerican Wars after the American army was evacuated and the islands were over-run by religious terrorists. David Niven, Reginald Owen and Kay Johnston are also in featured leads in the story. "The Real Glory" is one of Goldwyn's finest production triumphs. He built panorama after panorama of thrills, culminating in a breathless climax of the spectacular dynamiting of a dam that saves thousands from death by thirst and pestilence.