REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 December 1938, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“THE LAST GANGSTER.” Edward G. Robinson, who played the first gangster in motion pictures, now plays the last. He comes finally tonight to the Regent Theatre in “The Last Gangster,” a dramatic story of a man’s term in a penitentiary, with James Stewart, Rose Stradnef, glamorous new actress from Vienna, and a notable cast. “The Last Gangster” tells of the' imprisonment of a “public enemy” and the struggle of his wife, who did not know his calling, to lose her identity and save their child-from the disgrace attached to his name. “DAD AND DAVE.” The latest product. of Cinesound Studios, “Dad and Dave Come to Town,” after playing to record houses in Wellington comes to the Regent Theatre on Saturday. The film provides first-tate comedy. It is a fever of fun artistically presented, a comedy as original as it is diverting in the boldness of its conceptions and the skill of author and producer. The Rudds have prospered since' they were last seen, but they still do things backwards, and whether the fun comes ih the roundabout way they work; or in the miles they travel to straighten things out again, they still represent the soul of Australian humour, and the sentiment which is a religion with the backblocks folk. Bert Bailey does his best work on the screen to date, and Dave excels himself. The cast is a strong one,'.stiffened by Shirley Ann Richards, Muriel Flood, and two Americans, Billy Rayes and Leila Steppe.' ,