REGENT THEATRE
“THE BARRIER” FINALLY TONIGHT.
Tonight the Regent programme headed by Rex Beach’s great story, “The Barrier,”.with Leo Carrillo and Jean Parker in the leading roles, supported by Otto Krugqr, James Ellison, and Robert Barratt will be finally shown. “The Barrier,” one of the most popular novels ever written by the master of outdoor fiction, Rex Beach, was made into a motion picture by Paramount Producer Harry Sherman. It took seven long years of negotiations before Sherman could get the screen rights to the book, which he considers the best material for an outdoor film that Beach has ever turned out. “The Barrier,” is the story of a romance between an army lieutenant on duty in Alaska (James Ellison) and a young Alaskan girl (Jean Parker), who is believed to be half Indian. An absorbing photoplay works out their happiness together. “SING YOU SINNERS.” A gay story of the ups and downs of a madcap family, who rise from small town obscurity to fame and fortune at Los Angeles’ night clubs and racetracks in a series of gay episodes, is told in “Sing You Sinners,” Paramount’s Bing Crosby-Fred. MacMurray comedy, which will be shown tomorrow at the Regent Theatre. The fast-moving story is punctuated by a number of songs from some of Hollywood’s foremost popular composers. They are: “Small Fry,” a captivating novelty number from the pens of Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser, and “I’ve Got a Pocket Full of Dreams,” “Don't Let That Moon Get Awav” and “Laugh and Call It Love” by John Burke and James V. Monaco, who wrote the music for Bing's recent picture. “Doctor Rhythm. ’
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1938, Page 2
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