REGENT THEATRE
“BALALAIKA.” Tonight marks the final screening of the glorious and record-breaking triumph of music and romance, “Balalaika.” Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey are brilliant in the leading roles. “HIS GIRL FRIDAY.” The year’s wildest, wittiest whirlwind of romance, according to ecstatic advance reports, will open tomorrow at the Regent Theatre, with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell co-starred. The film is Howard Hawks’ “His Girl Friday,” a Columbia romantic comedy with Ralph Bellamy featured. “His Girl Friday” is a sparklingly racy riot which brilliantly interweaves romance and laughter. Grant is seen as the maddest man who ever* ran a newspaper; Miss Russell is his capricious, captivating star reporter, and Bellamy the fuming, fretting insurance agent to whom she is engaged. Against a background of drama and tragedy, this splendid screen triumvirate move through excitingly hilarious events which top and climax each other in breathless fashion. “His Girl Friday” is heralded as a thrilling modern romantic comedy set against the vibrant background of metropolitan life. Suspenseful situations, scintillating dialogue and sparkling comedy form an integral part of the picture. The unusually well-chosen cast of featured and supporting players includes Helen Mack, Ernest Truex, John Qualen, Gene Lockhart, Roscoe Karns, . Abner Biberman, Porter Hall, Clarence Kolb, Frank Orth, Isabel Withers, Cliff Edwards, Frank Jenks, Harry Watson and Pat West. Howard Hawks, noted director of many screen successes, has brought his well-known flair for fastmoving drama to the direction of the new picture. “His Girl Friday” is based on an original play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.
Outstanding featurettes further add to a great evening’s entertainment. The plans are at Messrs Steele and Bull’s and the theatre.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 November 1940, Page 2
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276REGENT THEATRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 November 1940, Page 2
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