REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 December 1940, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“THE GHOST BREAKERS.” Thrills and laughs alternate so swiftly in /‘The Ghost Breakers,” which will be shown tonight at the Regent Theatre, that at times the story is forgotten in a gale of laughter. Bob Hope, one of the best of the Wisecracking film comedians, takes the part of Larry Laurence, radio commentator and coffee-advertiser, whose revelations of gangster activities sometimes land him in trouble. Playing opposite him is the charming Paulette Goddard, whose real dramatic skill is matched by a most unusual flair for comedy. Larry Laurence might have gone on peacefully as a radio-speaker if he had not, for once, put a gun in his pocket when “Frenchy” took a sudden dislike to a radio revelation that was altogether too revealing. As he makes a very hesitant approach to “Frenchy’s” hotel door, someone else is shot, and Larry nervously takes a potshot at nothing in particular and convinces himself that he committed the murder. The police are convinced of just the same thing, and Larry takes refuge in Mary Carter’s room, throwing himself upon her mercy, and into her bathroom. Miss Carter (Paulette Goddard), who has just inherited a mysterious castle in a Cuban Island, has already had her nerves rather shaken by a cryptic telephone call. “The Ghost Breakers” is an excitingly amusing comedy-thriller, studded with Hope’s wisecracks, and most attractively decorated by the presence of Paulette Goddard. It is a very good evening’s entertainment. The featurettes will include a Sportslight, an overseas news reel and an interesting scenic, the whole programme making one of exceptional merit.