REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 September 1940, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“DADD RUDD, M.P.” The final screening of this feast of healthy unrestrained laughter will take place this evening. All agree that it is the best of all the famous Dad and Dave comedies. “GREEN HELL." Such ingredients as excitement, love and adventure are said to be combined in the production of “Green Hell, initial Famous Productions film for Universal release, which will be shown tomorrow at the Regent Theatre. With Douglas Fairbanks, June, and Joan Bennett heading an outstanding cast of 11 principals, “Green Hell’ is declared to capture a realism seldom brought to the screen in films of this type. A part of this realism is due to the authenticity of the enormous upper Amazon jungle sets, constructed after months of research. But the major reason probably lies in the players themselves— Douglas Fairbanks, Joan Bennett, John Howard, Alan Hale, George Bancroft. George Sanders, Vincent Price, Gene Garrick, Francis MacDonald, Ray Mala and Peter Bronte. Each a distinct type, these players invariably’ make their screen characterisations ring true. They are natural human beings who do things in a convincing manner. Frances Marion, for years one of Hollywood’s ace scenarists, wrote a story about a beautiful woman marooned in the heart of an Amazon jungle with six men. Harry Edington selected this story for his first offering as a producer. He is said to have produced it on a lavish scale, sparing no time or expense in making it one of the mdst outstanding dramas ever filmed. The featurettes include a glorious study of England’s countryside, a popular Stranger than Fiction number, a study of New Zealand’s development and the latest Cinesound Gazette. Plans are at Messrs Steele and Bulls' and the Theatre.