REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 February 1939, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“SECOND BEST BED.” In “Second Best Bed,” at the Regent Theatre tonight, filmgoers will have 'an opportunity of seeing Tom Walls as he really is. In most of his comedies he appears as a philanderer, sometimes a felon and nearly always as a man whose pleasures are sought by night rather than by day. “Second Best Bed” shows him as a typical English country gentleman, a sheriff of his county, whose main interests lie in the direction of his pigs, horses and dogs. In private life Tom Wall’s chief passion is farming. Most of his film earnings go into the development of his farms at Ewell and Chertsey. He comes of farming stock and takes this pursuit very seriously. He confesses that when filmgoers get tired of seeing him on the screen, a circumstance some considerable time off if his films come up to the splendid standard set by his latest comedy, he is determined to settle down and become an everyday farmer. Jane Baxter will be the principal supporting star in this outstanding comedy. “BIG CITY.” On Saturday Spencer Tracy and Luise Rainer will appear in “Big City.” The supporting cast was carefully chosen and they achieve their respective roles effectively. Among outstanding players are Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher, Eddie Quillan, Victor Varconi, Oscar O’Shea, Helen Troy, William Demarest, John Arledge, Irving Bacon, Guinn Williams and Regis Toomey. The story is an original one by Norman Krasna, brilliant young New York playwright. “Big City” is vital screen drama. There is nothing trivial in it because, primarily, it is human.