REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 June 1941, Page 8

REGENT THEATRE

“NICE GIRL?” Having grown into a glamorous young woman, Deanna Durbin is no longer the screen’s favourite “little girl” of motion pictures. Instead. Deanna is an even more potentially popular young lady who steps out in all her glamour in "Nice Girl?” a comedy which will be shown tonight at the Regent Theatre. The film is her ninth, and it is expected to take its place among the hits in which the Universal star has grown up from the ingenue sensation of “Three Smart Girls” to the charming young lady seen most recently in “Spring Parade.” The story presents Deanna Durbin as a typical small town “nice girl” who tires of being one—so she escapes through a romantic escapade with a young New Yorker, played by Franchot Tone. Deanna Durbin thereby becomes the subject of a town scandal which is quelled only after her “engagement” to Franchot Tone is announced. Then Fraiichot Tone reappears, to complicate a situation which provides much hilarity before the story reaches its surprise finish. Benchley appears as Deanna Durbin’s father, a Connecticut high school; principal, and the Misses Gillis and Gwynne are Deanna Durbin’s sisters. Brennan and Miss Broderick forma new team as town postman and housekeeper for the Benchley family. Deanna Durbin sings numbers, including Stephen Foster's “Old Folks at Home” and four new songs,. "Perhaps,” “Love at Last,” “Beneath the Lights of Home,” "Thank You, America,”, and “There'll Always be an England.” The featurettes include the latest Air Mail News, a special item showing the highlights of Deanna Durbin’s wedding, an amazing presentation of America's great variety acts and a "Stranger than Fiction” number.