REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 130, 29 November 1939, Page 6

REGENT THEATRE.

Errol Flynn—Bette Davis. "The Sisters;" which opens tomorrow, at the Regent Theatre,: co-stars Bette Davis and .Errol,Flynn :for the first time; it is.the picturisation of Myron Brinig's novel,which has been one of the best sellers of recent years. Flynn and Miss Davis do the most striking acting; jobs of their respective and brilliant careers—in roles that are completely new' departures for them j both. The story of "The • Sisters" covers the four, years between.■ the Presidential elections of "Teddy" Roosevelt and Taft. The three Elliott sisters, played by .Bette Davis, Anita Louise, and Jane Bryan, are the most! beautiful,girls at the election ball in Silver Bow;'Montana, but from, that night on the sisters weave their chequered careers iii. widely varied patterns. Bette elopes, to San Francisco with a .fascinating young newspaper-' man, played by Flynn. Miss -Louise, the secdnd sister, : succumbs: to -the; wooing of a, middle-aged millionaire (Alan Hale),- who promises her a;, glittering, cosmopolitan life in,New!•York and London. Miss Bryan, thebnly one content to remain in Silver Bow, marries the town banker, played by Dick Foran. Life with Flynn brings both happiness and suffering to Bette. He is possessed of an'•; incurable wanderlust, and at last, believing that she will be better off without him', he ships as a seaman aboard a boat bound for the Orient. That night, the/historic San Francisco, earthquake begins, and Bette narrowly, escapes with, her, life. Thrillingly. photographed,, the scenes| showing the catastrophe sweeping over the city, carrying 'fire'and'destruction' in its wake, and the mounting terror of the people caught in its toils, are some of the most spectacular* ever screened. Later, when Jane's banker husband becomes involved with a "shady lady," she sends out the SOS signal to her - two sisters and , they come home to help her.1 In helping her,-they settle their own affairs in a climax that is unrivalled for sheer drama. -