THE REGENT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 October 1938, Page 2

THE REGENT

“RAGE OF PARIS.” “Rage of Paris,” will be shown finally at the Regent Theatre tonight. It stars Danielle Darrieux. “PENITENTIARY” Grim in implications but unfolding a poignant romance of young love on a prison threshold, the tense, dynamic drama, “Penitentiary,” will be shown at the Regent Theatre tomorrow at 2.15 and 8.0 p.m. Jean Parker, John Howard and Walter Connolly, are featured in this Columbia picture. It is the story of a different sort of gaolbreak —a psychological one. “Penitentiary” shows the escape from moral disintegration of a young prisoner undergoing a severe punishment for an accidental crime. Not only convicts, but a girl and the warden himself are accomplices to the “escape.” How Howard is retrieved from the despair of sordid surroundings by Connolly, the man instrumental in his conviction; how, as a trusty, daily contact with the warden’s daughter inspires patience in the wait before he can tackle life with a new interest; how crime-hardened companions respect youthful integrity when he stands fast by the “code” of the Big House though it shatter hopes—these are the dramatic circumstances from which Director John Brahm has fashioned an inspiring tale.