REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 May 1940, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

"LISTEN, DARLING.”

When a couple of imaginative persons set out to find a husband for a girl’s mother, anything can happen and does in “Listen, Darling,” which is a story embracing just that situation and will be finally shown at the Regent Theatre tonight. It furnishes one of the laugh feasts of the screen. The story concerns the efforts made by a romantic girl, “Pinkie” Wingate (Judy Garland) added by her youthful boy friend, “Buzz” Mitchell (Freddie Bartholomew), to present her mother from marrying the village banker. Their wild schemes and the hilarious resulting complications provide many amusing sequences. "RULERS OF THE SEA.” One of the greatest sea pictures ever filmed—a picture justifiably called so m view of the fact that it was produced and directed by Frank Lloyd, maker of such screen masterpieces as “If I Were King,” “Wells Fargo” and “Mutiny on the Bounty,” will be shown at the Regent Theatre on Saturday night. A salty and romantic tale of the first triumph of steam over sail in crossing the North Atlantic, it hears the title “Rulers of the Sea,” boasts a starring trio consisting of Douglas Fairbanks Junr., Margaret Lock wood, Will Fyffe, great Scottish character actor, and a supporting cast headed by George Bancroft and Montagu Love. With Fairbanks seen as the first mate who has perfected a steam engine powerful enough to drive a ship across the Atlantic, the narrative starts ‘o unfold is Fairbanks casts his lot with Fyffe, works with him to perfect the engine and interest backers for an Atlantic crossing. Their dreams, their discouragement, their triumphs lead the picture to a magnificent climax in which the little steamer “Dog Star” essays the first crossing of the Atlantic by steam. One of the featurettes connected with "Rulers of the Sea” is worthy of special mention and that is “The Blue Danube,” played by the Philharmonic Orchestra of New York. It is a musical feast of the rarest tonal beauty.