REGENT, ELTHAM, PROGRAMME.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1940, Page 4

REGENT, ELTHAM, PROGRAMME.

"WUTHERING HEIGHTS."

Samuel Goldwyn's "Wuthering Heights," based Qn the unforgettable love story of the Emily Bronte novel of the same name. will commence to-day at the Regent Theatre. Eltham. Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier are cast as the romantic lovers who- discover the beauty and despair of love as they wander wildly over the desolate moors of the Yorkshire country. The stars are brilliantly supported by a cast of outstanding players, including David Niven, Flora Robson, Hugh Williams. Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp and Miles Mander. Briefly, the story concerns the lives of five strangely assorted people. Its mood is one of great love and great disaster, played out in an atmosphere of strange emotions, strange hates and strange moods. Merle Oberon is cast as Cathy, a high spirited beauty whose life is Tnyteriously influonced by the moors on which she has lived all her life. Laurence Olivier plays the role of Heatcliff, a brooding melancholy figure in love with Cathy. David Niven. as Edgar Linton, turns in a portrait of fidelit.v. while Flora Robson. known as England's greatest character actress, is perfectly cast as Cathy's nurse. A special short feature will be shown on the "Wuthering Heights" programme entitled "Unusual Occupations," and containing hitherto unknown facts by Lucien Littlefield, who creates masks for actors.