AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1940, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE

TO-NIGHT AND FRIDAY

“CURTAIN CALL” AND “THE “FIGHTING GRINGO”.

Dealing in amusing ns tvo.ll as diramtaic fashion with the trials and tribulations of a small town, would-be authoress when she tries to crash Broadway, “Curtain Call,” is said to embody all the ingredients of first-class entertainment. Featuring an excellent, cast of dramatic and comedy favourites headed by Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray, Helen Vinson, Donald Maeßride and John Archer, the RKO Radio film is said to be unique in that it unfolds the f myriad details behind .the launching of a big Broadway show. Barbara Read is ideally cast hs' a.country girl burning with literary ambitions. When her first effort is purchased by a New York producer, she promptly forsakes her smalltown bov friend, goes to the big city and her career. However, she. is unaware of the fact that her hopeless play has been purchased •■■with the idea of bringing a tcmperaipental istar to* terms. But the actress, is cteli.gjited with the' play, demands that the production go. into immediate A; sparkling $ story hits a hilarious pa<?y, itoeeiit., "autlioress ..^til]. , jgnprfipce w- f her story’sishoidcpipipgk.- v| ' Another chapter of Western history is presented new outdoor drama, “The Fighting Gringo.” T who forced owners of Spanish gradts to abandon their land, and with one group { of a hand who made their living hi Mi‘- n ing out their guns. The films presents O’Brien in a role somewhat different-' from his usual characterisations itlpitr,. of a Robin Hood vagabond. Included in the cast are Lupita Tovar, Lucio Villegas, William Royle. Glen Strange and Leßov Mason. I