AMUSEMENTS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXV, Issue 12256, 20 February 1937, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

Town Hall „\ beautiful anil brilliant woman driven from her borne by a town’s intolerance is the theme of Warner Bros.’ new und stirring drama. “1 Married a Doctor.” which comes to the Town Hull Theatre to-day. Fat O’lirien and Josephine Hutchison, who played together on the stage appear in the featured roles. The story is based on the famous novel by Sinclair Lewis, which excoriates tin; bigotry of narrow minded small town folk,

Instead of riding a lulling horse over (he plains, (ieorge O'Brien is riding (lie iron horse over (lie singing rails lu his new adventure pielnru for Box. "Whispering Smith Speaks," which also comes today to (lie Town Hail Theatre. Swiftpaced and tilled with the zest for adventure Unit lias made O'Brien a-film favourite, "Whispering Smith Speaks” pictures tlie adventures of a railroad magnate's son when he undertakes to become a rail man himself. Irene Ware, Kenneth Thomson, Vie I’otel and Spencer Charters fill the important featured roles. The Regent J«>e F. Brown. (ho awning lipped comedian, promises to bring an unusually big package of laughs In his now ‘Warner Hros. tilmusical romance, “Sons O' Guns,” which is scheduled to open at the Regent Theatre to-day. The picture is based on the rollicking .Broadway stage hit of the same (Hie by Fred Thompson and Jack Donahue, a colourful, mirthful, tuneful comedy of World War days. One number from (ho original play, ‘‘Over Here,” is snug by Joe ami the Chambers Male Chorus of thirty-two voices. Joe also gets into some hilarious mix-ups at the front, finally being arrested as a spy.