REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 November 1938, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“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 tonight 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 Away” and “Laugh and Call It Love” by John Burke and James V. Monaco, who wrote the music for Bing Crosby’s recent picture, “Doctor Rhythm.” “ROSALIE.” A delightful light-hearted romance, in which singing, dancing, adventure, and comedy all have their part, is “Rosalie,” which will be shown on Saturday at the Regent Theatre. Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell are starred. Eleanor Powell portrays the part of Princess Rosalie, of the tiny Balkan kingdom of Romanza, who is receiving the finishing touches to her education in the United States. Her hero is Dick Thorpe, who has attained great renown as a football half-back. Dick is attracted to Rosalie chiefly because she refuses to be swept away by his greatness. She is recalled home, but makes an appointment to meet him on a feast day in her kingdom. Not knowing she is a princess, he proceeds to fly the Atlantic to keen the appointment. On his arrival he meets the King (Frank .Morgan), the Queen (Edna May Oliver), the princess’s fiance (Billy Gilbert), and the girl with whom the finance is really in love (Ilona Massey). A discovery of Rosalie’s royal descent causes Dick to fly the Atlantic again, but this time the other way. It takes a revolution and a State visit to America to set things right again.