REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 April 1940, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“BEAU GESTE.” The current programme at the Regent Theatre will be finally shown tonight when "Beau Geste” will again be shown. There will be no pictures tomorrow (Anzac Day). “YES. MY DARLING DAUGHTER.” In the romantic leads of "Yes, My Darling Daughter,” which .will Be shown on Friday, are those two charming youngsters, Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn, who were such a heartwarming pair of lovers in the memorable "Four Daughters.” Their romance again travels a rocky road, but this time there is no tragedy about it. In fact, it’s the nucleus out of which i’ll the amusing complications of the hilarious story evolve. It is a satire on people who have "advanced" views on marriage. Two such are 'Priscilla and Jeffrey, who plan to run away to be alone together. Everyone in Priscilla's household except her mother, played by Fay Bainter, is a writer who for years has been dashing off books containing very "liberal” ideas on such matters. Nevertheless she's shocked. So is her literary agent, played by Roland Young, who Granny shrewdly suspects fVas Miss Bainter’s lover during a youthful residence in Greenwich Village. Mama’s own arguments against hasty marriage are ruthlessly thrown at her by Priscilla, who points out that Jeffrey is to leave for Belgium in a couple of days and mama reluctantly gives her consent to her daughter’s running away ideas. Soon after the youngsters leave, papa, played by lan Hunter, returns home and, being a banker who has never had any advanced ideas, he is furious when he hears about what his daughter intends to do. He dashes in his car and sets out after Priscilla and Jeffrey with dire things in mind. In other cars, everyone else but Granny sets out to warn the young couple, but neither papa nor anyone of the others ever get to the mountain rendezvous. Jeffrey learns that the whole family know of his and Priscilla’s plan, and he is so shocked and indignant that he tells them that he wants to have nothing more to do with such a family. He walks out and he’s on his way to Belgium. Priscilla, however, decided that a hasty marriage is better than no Jeffrey, and she's waiting in his cabin with a marriage licence, when he reaches the boat.