REGENT THEATRE
“RED WAGON” £BO,OOO EPIC OF CIRCUS LI FE The lives, loves, and hates of circuspeople aro depicted graphically in | “The Red Wagon” commencing at the Regent Theatre to-day. From the point of view of -acting, presentation and tlicmo there is much to commend the picture. There is a strong cast which includes Charles Bickford, RaI quel Torres and Greta Nissen. Left jan orphan at an early age. Joe ! Prince, avlio lias the circus blood in ! his veins, joins a travelling show in | England. *By perseverance and hard J work he rises, to the star .act, and | o.n the death of the ’‘boss” who has more or less fathered him, he becomes proprietor of the circus. Falling in love Avitli the pretty star of a tiger-taming ace, he is betrayed by his best friend, and marries a beautiful gipsy girl on the rebound. Then tho trouble starts. Being a gipsy his Aviie is not accepted by tlie circus iolk. She clears olf Avitli her lover and her husband’s money. Real ising that lie cannot carry on, lie sells the circus to- his rival and bids i farewell t-o all his friends. When he . arrives in London a proposition is put to him to stage an equestrian act with a pretty girl. After much hesitation he agrees, finds she i«
the girl whom lie had loved aa-lich at the height of his career. Tlie picture is filled Avitli the romance and glam-
our of the sawdust ring and is croAvded with incident. Tlie supporting programme includes- “Pns s in Boots” a new colored cartoon; “Airs Barnacle Bill” a comedy, and “The Big Idea”, a musical.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12398, 10 November 1934, Page 7
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