REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 March 1940, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“WINGS OF THE NAVY.” Produced with the unstinted co-op-eration of the United States Navy, “Wings of the Navy,” a Warner Bros.Cosmopolitan picture which effectively dramatises the thrilling story of naval aviation, opens tonight at the Regent Theatre with a cast headed by George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, John Payne and Frank McHugh. About 600 planes, including every type used by the American navy, are shown at various times in the course of the story, and there are several shots in which scores of planes take off or land in succession or are seen aloft simultaneously in breath-taking vistas of mass flying. There are also many exciting shots of dazzling manoeuvres by individual pilots and several bits of action —including three crashes—which are bound to electrify the beholder. The spirit and tradition of the aerial wing of the naval service are effectively presented in, story that covers the life of the average navy flier from beginning of his training to the time when, as a veteran pilot, he can take part in mass flights.of huge seaplanes over thousands of miles of open ocean. Aside from the thrilling and engrossing flying background, Ihe picture is marked by a human and moving story of brotherly affection and a charming romantic moti which for a time, however, threatens to shatter the bonds between the two brothers, played by Brent and Payne, for they both love the same girl, played by Olivia de Havilland. A splendid array of featurettes specially chosen complete the programme.