REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 43, 21 February 1939, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

“LAST TRAIN FROM MADRID.” “This is a story of people—not of causes," says- Paramount in the foreward to “The Last Train from Madrid,” the Spanish war drama which concludes to-day at the Regent Theatre. But for all that disclaimer the atmosphere of the picture is not one that will elicit much sympathy for the rebel cause. Anthony Quinn, a comparative newcomer to the screen, is excellent in the leading role of the Spanish patriot, and he is most ably supported by Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres, Olympe Bradna, Karen Morley, Lionel Atwill and Gilbert Roland. Sherwood Bailey, the read-headed, freckle-faced kid of the Our Gang comedies, has his Hollywood chance at last. He got it when Paramount went into production with “Too Many Parents,” on the same programmq. Frances Farmer, Lester Matthews, and four other young Hollywoodians, Billy Lee, George Ernst, Douglas Scott and Buster Phelps are also in the cast. “Trader Horn” Love in the midst of the cradle of savagery; a romance amid the perils of the primeval jungles; spectacle, thrills, wild animals in their primitive state; a girl as savage as the beasts themselves, lured to civilisation through love of a man from the uter world—these are some of the outstanding elements unfolded in “Trader Horn," commencing to-mor-row at the Regent Theatre. And through all there runs a gorgeous romance of the boy Peru and the golden-haired “sun goddess” of the savage tribes. Harry Carey, as Trader Horn, utters the author's homely philosophies and gives a splendidly dramatic performance in the title role. Edwina Booth, as the girl, is beautiful and a remarkable actress, and Duncan Renaldo plays the romantic Peru. W. S. van Dyke put infinite artistry into his direction of the lighter and more whimsical scenes