REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 March 1940, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

"ON BORROWED TIME.” The final screening of “On Borrowed Time,” a thought-provoking production takes paces this evening.' Never has Lionel Barrymore been seen to greater advantage. “THE SISTERS.” “The Sisters,” which opens tomorrow at the Regent Theatre, co-stars Bette Davis and Errol Flynn for the first time; it is the picturisation of Myron Brinig’s novel which has been one of the best sellers of recent years; and it is as vigorous a drama as this cinematic year has produced. Flynn and Miss Davis do the most striking acting jobs of their respective and brilliant careers —in roles that are completely new departures for them both. The starring combination is a truly happy one, and film audiences will undoubtedly be clamouring for more. The story of “The Sisters” covers the four years between the Presidential elections of “Teddy” Roosevelt and Taft, and the dynamic relationship between the people and the age in which they lived has been caught in an amazing fashion. The three Elliott sisters, played by Bette Davis, Anita Louise and Jane Bryan, are the most beautiful girls at the election ball in Silver Bow, Montana, but from that night on the sisters weave their chequered careers in widely varied patterns. Bette elopes to San Fran-

cisco with a fascinating young newspaperman, played by Flynn, Miss Louise, the second sister, succumbs to the wooing of a middle-aged millionaire (Alan Hale) who promises her a glittering, cosmopolitan life in New York and London. Miss Bryan, the only one content to remain in Silver Bow, marries the town banker, played by Dick Foran. Life with Flynn brings both happiness and suffering to Bette. Thrilling photography depicts the great San Francisco earthquake. The featurettes are exceptionally good and the whole is an outstanding entertainment.