REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 January 1939, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“THE DEAD END KIDS.” “The Dead End Kids” make of “Little Tough Guy,” which will be shown tonight at the Regent Theatre, a well-balanced mixture of tragedy and comedy. Tragedy is the central theme of the picture, but it does not entirely dominate it, and the young actors are really brilliant in some uproarious scenes, re requires considerable skill to successfully handle some of the roles but those who are allotted them show thencapability as actors and actresses by their presentations. The many thrilling scenes take careful handling in order to produce the best effect, and that this has been successfully carried out as strongly in evidence. The story traces the descent of an average family through the father becoming mixed up in a strike and being executed for murder. The eldest son (Jackie Searl) grows to hate the law and order, and when, in a new neighbourhood, he becomes the leader of a group of boys bordering on the hoodlum stage, he progresses from petty thievery almost to murder. Interwoven with this central story is the effort of the boy’s sister (Helen Parrish) to save him from the ate of a “tough guy.” The simple and direct story ends with Nemesis overtaking the “little tough guys,” but in a more pleasant form than they had. anticipated. “Little Tough Guy” is a gripping story of one of America’s foremost social problems and withal is very fine entertainment.

“MANPROOF.’’ An ultra-modern story of a foursided romance, “Man-Proof" opens on Wednesday at the Regent Theatre with a stellar cast headed by Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell and Walter Pidgeon.