ACTION & MYSTERY

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3156, 12 August 1942, Page 5

ACTION & MYSTERY

DOUBLE FEATURE NEXT PROGRAMME AT REGENT THURSDAY & FRIDAY NIGHTS One of Peter B. Kyne’s most thrilling adventures of the old West comes' to life on the screen when Paramount’s “The Parson of PanaMint” shows at the Regent Theatre on Thursday and Friday in a blaze of roaring six-guns and flying fists. (Charlie Ruggles, returning to the type of role which started' him on the highway to fame, will be seen in the dramatic role of a frontier* mayor who tries to stop the wave of greed and murder that threatens, to wipe the town off the face of the map by recruiting the assistance of a young figWng parson. < Together, they battle against heavy odds in a gold-rush centre where mob rule and shooting irons are the law. In a stirring climax/ the sinners whom the parson had befriended go to his rescue in time to save the clergyman from' being hung on a trumped up charge of murder.

Pictured in spectacular style and action-packed with excitement, Paramount’s, “ghost town” thriller contains all the elements that spell western entertainment with a bang. The distinguished cast of players featured with Charlie Ruggles includes Ellen Drew, Phillip Terry, Joseph Schildkraut, Porter Hall, Henry Kolker, Janet Beecher and Paul Hurst. Harry Sherman, Hollywood’s biggest producer of outdoor films, is responsible for retelling the famous Saturday Evening Post story on the screen. You’ll learn the dead secrets of America’s “ghost towns” when “The Parson of Pahamint” comes to town. Don’t miss it.

An exciting search across two continents for an international criminal whose crimes are both gruesome and baffling is the thrilling theme of the. new Warner Bros, mystery film, “The Case of the Black Parrot,” which will also be shown at the Regent Theatre on Thursday and Friday. _

William Lundigan plays, the role of a young newspaper reporter who vows to bring the murderer of his sweetheart’s uncle to justice. The role of his sweetheart is played by lovely Maris Wrixon and together they have many a shuddering experience in tracking down the killer. Luli Deste and Paul Cavanagh add to the mysterious atmosphere of the film in the roles of two highly suspicious characters. “The Case of the t Black Parrot” was written for the screen by Robert E. Kent from the play by Eleanor Robeson (Belmont and ’Harriet Ford and the novel by Burton E. iStevenson. Noel M. Smith directed. FINALLY TO-NIGHT —-—* “THIS WOMAN IS MINE” “This Woman Is Mine,” starring Franchot Tone, John Carroll, Carol Bruce, Walter (Brennan and Nagel Bruce, will show finally to-night at the Regent Theatre.