REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1939, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“SEQUOIA.” Joe E. Brown’s new picture, “Flirting with Fate.” which will be shown, at the Regent Theatre tonight is full of entertainment. The film is crammed with inspired comedy, thrills that had the audience holding on to their seats, and the best Joe E. Brown pantomime which has been seen in the stellar comedian’s picture for some time. Brown is a clawn touched with that rare genius for grotesque acts that gives all great pantomimists then - immortality. For once, the comedian has been given a cast commmensurate with his own ability. Leo Carrillo is seen as a gay, bad man, head of a bandit crew. Lovely Beverly Roberts plays the feminine lead opposite the star., Wynne Gibson, Steffi Duna, who dances a torrid rhumba in the film, Stanley Fields, Leonid Kinsky and Charles Judels are included in the capable list of supporting players. The associate feature is the famed “Sequoia,” acknowledged to be the most inspired and beautiful animal study ever produced. To see the animal studies of their friendships is in itself an inspiration while the whole is bound together by a tender romance between Jean Parker and Russell Hardie. This presentation is almost unique in the quality and brilliance of its material and glorious execution. “VALLEY OF THE GIANTS.” An intensely dramatic film story, enacted by a great cast, and based on a well-known novel, can hardly fail to be exciting motion picture fare. Add to this the exquisite pictorial beauty of California’s redwood country, filmed in vivid technicolour —and patrons have "Valley of the Giants,” based on the famous Peter B. Kyne novel, which will open on Saturday at the Regent Theatre. The names of the performers include Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Donald Crisp, Jack Laßue, John Litel and Dick Purcell. But none of them rests on previous laurels; they all prove anew their right to their well-earned reputations. “Valley of the Giants” knits together in one well-integrated tale typical incidents of the successful fight of native Californians to prevent the ruthless despoliation of their famous redwood forests by rapacious lumber interests.