THE REGENT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 October 1938, Page 2

THE REGENT

“THREE COMRADES.” From the pen of the author of “All Quiet on the Western Front” comes another gripping screen story, this time a narrative in which a nation’s woes after the World War are’ overshadowed by one of the most human love stories to reach the screen. In the new picture, “Three Comrades,” which is to be shown at the Regent Theatre tonight, Robert Taylor and Margaret Sullavan provide a poignant romance, with Franchot Tone and Robert Young also in stellar roles. The story centres about Taylor, Tone, and Young, three young war veterans who face a chaotic future together in a country ’gripped by post-war disturbances. Taylor, the youngest, falls in love with Miss Sullavan, the love affair giving all three comrades a new interest in life. Taylor and Miss Sullavan, are married, and it seems as though fate has offered them a share of happiness at last. But life decrees otherwise. Young is slain in a riot and Miss Sullavan suffers an ilness on her honeymoon. When she faces an operation in a distant sanitarium, Tone sells his proudest possession, a racing car, but Miss Sulivan dies, leaving Taylor and Tone to face the future alone. Election results will be screened during the evening session which will continue till midnight