HOLIDAY FILMS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3255, 21 April 1943, Page 5

HOLIDAY FILMS

“A YANK ON BURMA ROAD” PROGRAMMES AT REGENT “PRIVATE BUCKAROO” ALSO Taking advantage of the newspaper headlines about China’s famed Burma road, the trail for supplies to the Chinese armies, “A Yank On The Burma Road,” which will show at the Regent Theatre to-night and Thursday, is a neat, compact action drama.

Actually the Burma Road element only provides the background for an action romance story. It serves an admirable purpose, however, givingexcellent atmosphere which is sharply realised in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture.

What happens when the maestro of the top swing -band of the country hears the call to arms and ,joins up? Why, his whole outfit goes right along with him.

This problem and answer are tunefully propounded in Universal’s “Private Buckaroo” which will also show at the Regent Theatre Wednesday and Thursday.

SATURDAY ONLY

“SABOTEUR ”

Priscilla Lane, co-starring with Robert Cummings in Universal’s “Saboteur,” coming on Saturday to the Regent Theatre, was selected for the role by Director Alfred Hitchcock because, in his estimation, she is more truly representative of the typical American girl than any other Hollywood actress. Best known to theatre-goers for her light comedy portrayals, the young star demonstrates in “Samoteur” that she is equally capable of handling serious parts.

Heading the big cast playing in support of Miss Lane and Cummings in “Saboteur,” which is presented by Frank Lloyd Productions, Inc., is Norman Lloyd, a newcomer from the Broadway stage. MONDAY ONLY “ SONS OF THE SEA ” “Sons of the Sea,” a story of adventure on the high seas, will show at the Regent Theatre on Saturday only., Made at the Warner Bros, studios in England, the new picture stars Michael Redgrave and Valerie Hobson. The story of “Sons of the Sea” goes back to the middle of the last century when men of vision were talking of replacing the Atlantic sailing ships with steamboats. They were laughed at, particularly by the conservative old shipowners who made a tidy profit by loading their sailing vessels with, eager' emigrants, many of whom perished of starvation during the monthslong trips. Young Charles Maclver (Michael Redgrave) travels on one of these ships 'and the experience makesan indelible impression upon him. More strongly than ever, he is convinced that only with the establishment of steamship lines can the bonds of friendship be forged enduringly between England and the United States. With the help of his brother’s fiance (Valerie Hobson) he manages to get the financial backing that he needs and at last, triumphantly to steam into the Bostor harbour in the “Britannia.” DOUBLE FEATURE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY “George and Margaret” the brilliant comedy success that convulsedLondon playgoers for two years with its hilarity will show at the Regent Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday. This movie business is old stuff for Danny Fish, chief property man for Universal’s “Meir Of Texas,” which will also show at the Regent Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday.

He’s been handling “props” for thirty-six years, but what makes the record doubly significant is the fact that he had a ringside seat when the movies stepped out of swaddling . clothes with the making of “The Great Train Robbery.”

Danny handled the “props” for Edwin Porter on that classic, which is generally conceded to have started the moHon picture industry on the road to face, fun and fortune. Robert Stack, Brod Crawford, Jackie Cooper, Anne Gwynne, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Darwell and Leo Car-/ rillo are co-starred in “Men Of Texas.” The picture was directed by Ray Enright. '