AMUSEMENTS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11933, 27 January 1936, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

The Regent

"Call of the Wibf is nu misnomer for -dth Century's lilmizution of Jack London's famous classic of the Klondike gold rush of 1S!)7. which lie-ins a .three day run at the llegent Theatre to-day,' with Clark Uulile, Loretta Volin;,' and Jack Oakic in its leading roles. A story of unbridled romance which recognises only Nature's laws, it is a literal interpretation of "the cull of the wild.” Guide is a picturesque prospector ready to stake his fortune on the flip of a coin. His code is the code of the frontier—a rough lint honest variation of the "golden rule.” Into his life comes Loretta Young, a San Francisco socialite. Thrown together on the trail, they liegin iiy haling eaeli other, lie detesting her code, she not understanding his. Under tlie spell of the Arctic their differences diminish, and a romance ensues. ■

Town Hall

In her new starring Paramount film, "Now Fm a Lady." which screens again at the Town Hull Theatre to-day. .Mae West undergoes the strange and eventful transition from a cowgirl to the sweetheart of society in Southampton, without losing Iter Poise or her wise-cracking ability. Mae West's adventures in "Now I'm a Lady." present her in modern clothes and up-to-date sellings. ■When you see "The Hustlers' Itouudup,” a Universal picture starring Tom Mix, at the Town Hull Theatre. you will be witnessing, during part of the picture, scenes from an actual rodeo held in Ventura, California. Tom, when ho drives the stage coach for the picture-going public, at the same time is actually staging a real race at a real rodve.