RECENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1939, Page 2

RECENT THEATRE

“LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY.” The fourth of the now famous “Judge Hardy Family” series of talking pictures, “Love Finds Andy Hardy” will be shown at the Regent Theatre tonight. The undoubted appeal of these chapters in the life of a typical family lies in the fact that thej r deal with people and surroundings that arouse sympathetic understanding because they are familiar to all of us. Attention has been given to the romantic problems facing young boys and girls in a small midwestern city. Their heart-breaks and happiness, amusements and adventures are authentically painted against a background of the home. Lewis Stone again plays Judge Hardy, kindly, understanding and discerning head of a family of five. Mickey Rooney, as his son, Andy, is a happy-go-lucky, irresponsible youth, growing up and finding that such things as girls exist in his world. Judy Garland has been added to the cast, bringing her remarkable singing voice and indisputable acting ability to the role of one of Mickey’s three girl friends. She sings three songs in the picture. Of interest is the debut of Lana Turner, sensational new discovery under the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer banner.. The supporting cast includes Cecilia Parker, for the fourth time daughter of the family, Fay Holden as the mother, Betty Ross Clarke as Aunt Milly, Gene Reynolds, Ann Rutherford, Mickey’s "steady” girl, Marie Blake, Don Castle, Mary Howard, George Breakston and Raymond Hatton. A good supporting programme includes an Australian newsreel; “Buried Treasure,” a hilarious cartoon featuring the “Captain and the Kids,” John- Silver; a beautiful James Fitzpatrick travel talk picture in technicolour of the historic island of Madeira; and an interesting special feature relating, in serio-comic' vein, the story of the discovery and application of anaesthetics.

Tom Walls in “Second Best Bed,” is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon and night at the Regent Theatre.