“CHAD HANNA”

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3105, 13 April 1942, Page 5

“CHAD HANNA”

PROGRAMME AT REGENT VIVID, THRILLING DRAMA IN GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOUR Colorful, earthy people and the vivid, thrilling drama behind the creaking wagons of a wandering tent show are thrillingly brought to life in 20th. century-Fox’& superb screen version of Walter D. Edmonds’ bestselling novel “Chad Hanna,” which screens Tuesday and Wednesday at the Regent Theatre. Filmed in glorious Technicolour and handsomely produced, the new hit stars- Henry Fonda, Dorothy Laniour and Linda Darnell in one of the most tender and absorbing love stories of the year.

Set in the turbulent 183 O’s with the adventurous, early Erie Canal as its ■background, the novel story depicted in “Chad Hanna” revolves around the adventures of a simple country boy, Henry Fonda, who is so dazzled by the sultry allure of the wandering tent show’s bareback rider Albany Yates, played by Dorothy Lamour, that he joins the outfit. Intertwined with the destiny of “Huguenine’s One and Only International Circus,” are the fates of three people—Chad, Albany Yates and Caroline, brilliantly portrayed by Linda Darnell, a love-starved runaway country waif who aspired to become a hardback performer. She falls in love with Chad but so gorgeous is Albany, that Chad forgets the girl at his side. Later he realises that it’s Caroline he really loves. With the show facing bankruptcy, Chad comes through to save it in a thrill-packed, dramatic climax effectively staged by the veteran director Henry King. All of the beloved characters of Edmonds’ best seller which first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post under the. title of “Red Wheels Rolling,” ring true. The brilliant featured cast has Guy Kibbee, Jane Darwell, ’ John Carradine, Ted North, Roscoe Ates and Ben Carter. Nunnally Johnson, who adapted “The Grapes of Wrath” tb the screen does another outstanding job as associate producer and screen play writer on “Chad Hanna.” War In The Pacific! In this new crisis how does New Zealand stand ? “New Zealand -Is Ready,” gives the answer. We have men, we have munitions; we have heavy tanks, gun carriers, gun tractors; we have big guns at our coastal defence positions; we maintain a constant aerial patrol, over the outer waters; we sweep continuously for mines; we have bombers to attack any enemy sighted off our coasts. Standing to their posts are oui* Home Guard, the National Military Reserve, our Territorial Army. See “New Zealand Is Ready” at the Regent Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“TOPPER RETURNS”

SHOWING FINALLY TO-NIGHT “Topper Returns” starring Roland Young, Joan Blondell and Billie Burke will show finally to-night at the Regent Theatre.