The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 198, 31 December 1941, Page 8

The Theatres

REGENT Screening' to-day only "The Parson of Panamint," Charles Ruggles, Ellen Drew, Phillip Terry. Action and comcdy out -where the West begins-. Peter B. Ivyne's story of a fighting parson in a town seething with tire lust for gold—where a slow draw meant a quick death! The parson Avas a mighty convincing man—especially with his fists—and in Panamint a couple of good fists arc better than a lo<t of big words. "CHAD HANNA" PROMISES LOVE, LAUGHS AND COLOUR Patrons at the Regent Theatre can run away to a world all new to them when the red Avheels start rolling in "Chad Hanna," which opens there to-morrow. Hailed as a hit by all who have seen it, the 20th Cen-tury-Fox picture was filmed in glorious Teclinicolour and stars Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour and Linda Darnell. The famous best-celling 'O -IaiPMA. Paoit Hanna" made its first literary appearance in the Saturday Evening Post under the title of "Red Wheels Rolling." Guy Kibbee, Jane Darwell, John Garradine and many others in the brilliant featured cast help create the lusty company of colourful people in a wandering tent show. GRAND Screening Wednesday and Thursday, "The Cowboy and the Blo>nde," George Montgomery, Mary Beth Hughes. Action —he was fresh from the prairie . . . She was just fresh! What a romance —when a great big handsome he-man meets a blonde blitzkrieg with a temper like a tommy gun! "West Point Widow," Anne Shirley, Richard Carlson, Cecil Kellaway. A bright romantic comedy with a novel story made just for sheer enjoyment.