Regent Theatre

Grey River Argus, 4 October 1945, Page 6

Regent Theatre

Finally To-night: “The Man in Grey”. Commencing Friday: “Now Vovager” starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid. Starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid, Warner Bros. “Now Voyager’’ commences at the Regent Theatre on Friday. Miss Davis has a role that calls for the finest of acting in the story of a New England girl who rescues herself from her inhibitions. She is unattractive to start with, but later becomes a charging woman of the world who, through love, finds the courage to rebel against her tyrannical mother, a strict disciplinarian who has dominated her all her life, and interfered in the simplest of her pleasures. 'Bette forms a hatred for her mother (played by Gladys Cooper) which culminates In her having a nervous breakdown. After a period at Dr. Jaccjuith’s rest home, he

advises her to go on a trip before returning to face her mother. During the voyage she meets and falls in love with Jerry (p'aul Henreid), an unhappily married man whose love for his child keeps him attached to his invalid wife. Despite the fact that their love can never reach its Ultimate, her relationship with J’erry enables her to return home a completely changed woman, both in appearance and mentality.