REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1939, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

‘•MEN WITH WINGS.” ‘■Men With Wings.” Paramount's new technicolour cavalcade of the air. which will be shown tonight at the Regent Theatre, presents a bird's-eye view of the progress of flying over three decades in the story of three young Americans who devote their lives to the development of aviation. Its all-star cast is headed by Fred Mac Murray, Ray Milland, and Louise Campbell. The story opens with the historic flight of the Wright Brothers over Kitty Hawk in 1903, and traces the progress of flying through the early heartbreaking years of experimentation, through the tumultuous World War years, the fabulous boom days of the Coolidge era, the bleak years of the depression, and down to the present of round-the-world flights at lightning speed. Mac Murray and Milland are seen as two fliers who typify the birdmen who have made aviation what it is today. Mac Murray is the devil-may-care adventurer who blazes trails across the sky but cannot stay in any one place long enough to make lasting contributions to aviation. Milland, on the other hand, is the patient experimenter, the far-visioned man who builds the planes for tomorrow’s fliers. Miss Campbell, in her first big dramatic role, plays the pioneer airwoman whom both love. “Men With Wings” tells a romantic story of three young pioneers of the airways who are -caught in the surging current of aviation’s march to triumph, and whose lives are bound up with the progress of flying. Fred Mac Murray, switching from the light comedy roles which have characterised him in a dozen pictures, plays the dramatic lead. There is comedy drama and romance in the picture which should make an immediate appeal. Kitty Kelly makes a decided hit. switching from comedy to drama. The picture is one that should not be missed by those patrons who appreciate drama and comedy well blended. The supporting programme is of a high standard and contains subjects which will appeal to all.