“GONE WITH THE WIND”

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 October 1941, Page 8

“GONE WITH THE WIND”

REGENT THEATRE NEXT FRIDAY.

Saga of the greatest upheaval in American life, masterpiece of technique, and, withal, a simple and moving human story, “Gone With the Wind,” will commence its Masterton season at the Regent Theatre on Friday next. Never before have the dramatic events of the Civil War been portrayed in such starkness arid dreadful realism, redeemed by the futile valour of the meh of the warm and colourful South. Through the bright sheen of the story runs the golden thread that is Scarlett O’Hara. Perhaps never before _in screen history has an actress so impacted herself on the minds and feelings of an audience. For it is undeniably Vivienne Leigh’s show. It is her wayward untamed spirit and wild breath-taking beauty that lift the story from the top flight to a niche of its own. All men and women alike, who love colour, romance, joy, intrigue, spectacle and realism —for “Gone With the Wind” has all these—cannot but fail to applaud a gem of perfect entertainment. “Gone With the Wind” is one of those pictures that should not be missed. Patrons are specially asked to note that the starting time of the picture is 1.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. daily as it starts immediately on time and occupies the w’hole session.