AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1939, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. TO-NIGHT FINALLY. ' "NIGHT CLUB SCANDAL” AND LOUIS-MANN FIdHT. 7 i ' , 77'"''* : When a well-known doctor murders v his wife arid plants clues to implicate s his rival for her affections, he stirs up i a cyclone of troubles in the police dei partment and newspapers. John Bar* i rymore is the doctor, and Harvey Ste- - pliens is the man he, plans to take the r planie for his crime, in Paramount’s f “Night Club Scandal,” which comes b to the Regent Theatre. Reporter , Lynne Overman and Detective Charles - . Bickword help Louise Campbell, Stepherfs* sister, to clear his name. The ’ picture was directed by Ralph Mfiri, phy., : ' , 7 7 '777 [ Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber” r from Alabama and pue of the 'fiipst j colourful figures the boxing world lias s ever known,'is still heavyweight chaini pion of the world. In the third round 1 of a smashing contest at Madisrin . Square Garden, New York, he knocked out Nathan Mann, one of the leading contenders for the neavyweight championship crown. Short though the 'contest was, it nevertheless provided thrills aplenty for the vast crowd who paid admission. Louip, opened cautiously in the first round, but in the second and third, rounds he attacked Mauri with a vehemence that, almost bordered on the savage. SATURDAY—MATINEE & EVENING MONDAY. ‘ "ALGIERS.” Handsome Charles ißoyer has his ' most romantic role as a lovable fugitive in Walter Wringer’s “Algiers,” the colourful adventurous romance that stars him opposite Hollywood’s ■ two most • glamorous newcomers, Sigrid Gurie and Hedy Lamarr at the Regent, Theatre beginning on Saturday. “Algiers” easts the dark-eyed screen lover as Pepe le Moko, levil-may-care interI national jewel thief, who takes refuge from the French police by living in the Casbah, the mysterious native quarter of Algiers where the law dare not intrude. mmmmmmmmmmemmjKammmss i