TOWN HALL TALKIES

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4482, 27 August 1940, Page 2

TOWN HALL TALKIES

“A ROMANCE IN FLANDERS” SHOWING NEXT SATURDAY ROLLICKING WAR SONGS Lots of the rousing old war-time songs are sung with all the enthusiasm of the Tommies on the march in “A Romance in Flanders,” the exciting drama of the twists of life (shown*up twenty years after the Mar. which is coming to the Town Hall on Saturday next. Although the story of the film is laid in the present day, the incidents which cause all the suspense originated during the War. Two friends, both sergeant-majors, were in love with the same woman. One won her heart and the other, jealous to the point, of madness, engineered the death, as he supposed of his friend. The girl then married him. Twenty years after the marriage the old adage. “A murderer always visits the scene of Ms crime.” came true and the couple, with their little daughter came to Flanders. - . There they meet the old friend, very much alive and acting as a guide to pilgrims to the graves of Flanders'. For the purpose of the story the action shifts back to the War. and it is here that the old wartime songs come into their own. “A Romance in Flanders” is a most sincere picture'. beautifully photographed and recorded of all the realities which exist twenty years after.