EPIC OF THE AIR

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3250, 9 April 1943, Page 5

EPIC OF THE AIR

‘CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDSjf

PROGRAMME AT REGENT>

SUPERB SCENIC BACKGROUND..

“Captains of the Clouds,” brilliant: Technicolour epic of the air, with' James Cagney in f-” starring rolewill show at the Regent Theatre on Saturday and Mondav. Brenda* Marshall and Dennis Morgan head the featured cast, wh’ch includes Alan Hale, George- Tobies. Reginald Gardiner and Reginald Denny, as, well as many officers of the Royal Air Force, with whose co-operation the picture was filmed. Made on location in Canada, -under the direction of Michael Curtiz, master of the outdoor action . picture, “Captains of the' Clouds” has the superb scenic' background of the most picturesque locales in the Western Hemisphere. Played against this magnificent backdrop, is the packed and inspiring story of Canada’s heroes of the air in arm,s against the Axis. It is the story of some men who came out of the bush country, the lakes - and forests of Northern Canada to fly against, the Luftwaffe for the Royal Canadian Alii Force. “Captains of the Clouds” has Cagney cast as a sky-riding hi-jacking bush pilot, a lone eagle who steals business right out from under the noses of the other pilots’ ’planes. A bunch of the other pilots -band togb ther determined to “get” him, ant they track him down at tht home oi a little spitfire of a French-Canadiai girl, Brenda Marshall, who is ed to one of the other pilots, pla’yec by Dennis Morgan. But their quan*j has a fractured skull, an injury re suiting from a playful tussle with th girl. Morgan flies him to the docto: in Ottawa and saves his life. In re turn, Cagney, when he has recovered elopes with Brenda. They haye s brief whirl together in the brigh spots of Canada, Montreal, Quebec Toronto. Then he leaves- his net wife flat, explaining to her he onl; married her to save a good- guy lik Morgan from her. Back of his old pals in the bush country they hear Prime Minister Churchill’ “We. Shall Never Surrender” ’ speed and they all agree on the spot to..er list in the R.C.A.F. ; j

They are chagrined, however, wh® they find they are wanted in the sen vice as instructors, not as fight® pilots. They are considered too ol® Cagney finds the rules and regul® tions and the tedium of teaching a® most unbearable, and > finally gets i® to a serious scrape which results ® his being kicked out of the seryic® Trying to prove their fitness .for fl® ing/he and one-of his pals perfor® some aerobatics over a wings ©er® mony parade. The pal blacks 0® and is killed, but? Cagney pulls” o® in time. For the escapade he is d® prived of his civilian , license. -,® In a last desperate attempt to' fig® the enemy in the air, Cagney tak® the dead pal’s papers and applies .f® the job of flying a bomber to En® land. Morgan turns out to be the O® cer in charge of the squadron, but 1® decides to give 'jCagney his chan® and assigns him to a ’plane. ,7® FINALLY TO-NIGHT (-.t® -DOUBLE FEATURE ® “Tuttles of Tahiti” and “The Gre® Mr Nobody” will show finally i® night at the Regent Theatre. :H