REGENT THEATRE.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 June 1940, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE.

SATURDAY, Monday, Tuesday: “BROADWAY SERENADE,” featuring Jeanette MacDonald. Lew Ayres. Frank Morgan. lan Hunter, William Gargan, Al Shean, and Franklin Pangborn. The Queen of Song in her greatest triumph. Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr's spectacular musical romance. Here is a magnificent new triumph for Jeanette MacDonald—a lavish story of today's Broadway—a story of moderns who wore parted by pride, but dramatically united by the sweet old-fashioned words and melody of “Auld Lang Syne." The picture is full of romance, musical brilliancy and spectacular scenes. Supporting subjects include the latest Air Mail News, a Pete Smith specialty. “Set 'Em Up," and a Metro Miniature, “Ash Can Fleet," releasing the true story behind this branch of the “hush hush” tactics during the last war. WEDNESDAY, Thursday, Friday: “THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL," starring John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Claude Rains, May Robson and the Dead End Kids. The autobiography of a fugitive. Once he was a man —now a hunted, cringing animal. Endless flight his destiny and hounded by men without mercy. The

film presents Garfield as a left-hand-ed prize-fighter who, the day after he has won the lightweight championship of the world, learns that he is supposed to have murdered ; newspaper reporter. Ho drops out of sight, and eventually gets a jeb on an isolated California date ranch and falls in love with the niece of the woman who owns the ranch. The featurettes include the latest Overseas News with special views of the R.A.F. over Norway, a delightful variety special, “Dean of the Pasteboards.” a Hawaiian Band number, and a Porky Cartoon, "It’s an 11l Wind.”

COMING ATTRACTIONS: Following in rapid succession is the greatest “line-up” of super, attractions in the history of the Regent being: “NINOTCHKA” (Greta Garbo's great comedy); “TOWER OF LONDON” (Basil Rathbone and a great cast); “IT’S A DATE” (Deanna Durbin’s happiest picture now breaking all records in Wellington and Auckland); “JOUREZ” (the magnificent Paul Muni-Belle Davis triumph); "GULLIVER'S TRAVELS" (the magnificent all-colour cartoon feature); and “ANOTHER THIN-MAN” (William Powell and Myrna Loy with a baby this time in the thrilling succession to the well remembered "Thin Man.”)