REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 April 1941, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

"PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.” Hollywood has hit on another happy romantic teaming with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier perfectly cast as the spirited lovers in the picturisation of Jane Austen’s amusing comedy, ‘'Pride and Prejudice," which will be shown tonight. The story centres around the Bennet family, handicapped by five unwedded daughters. Miss Garson makes a lovely and intelligent Elizabeth, the eldest daughter. Olivier is Darcy, a proud and wealthy young aristocrat who visits the village where they live. Despite his pride in family and distaste for the Bennets as a group, Darcy falls in love with Elizabeth who is prejudiced against his arrogance from the first. The various romances of the Bennet girls are interwoven with the love affair of Elizabeth and Darcy. It is not until he has almost lost Elizabeth that Darcy realises family pride cannot hold a candle to the charming Elizabeth. A chance to redeem himself in the eyes comes when Lydia, least conventional of the sisters, creates a scandal by running off with an adventurer. Darcy saves her honour and also the Bennet family pride and Elizabeth gives in. Supporting performances are uniformly excellent, particularly Mary Boland. Edna May Oliver and Edmund <Gwenn. For the entire family, this is one of the year’s finest entertainments.

AIR ATTACKS ON ENGLAND. i The packed house on Saturday night voted "Pride and Prejudice" one of the most brilliant pictures ever presented in Masterton, and one that should on no account be missed by those who appreciate the best in cinema entertainment. The featurettes contain some remarkable views of the bold front England is presenting to the Germans in their air attacks on England, as well as a number of other outstanding topical pictures, the whole making an outstanding programme rarely seen in Masterton.