ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 87, 12 March 1941, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. "Forty Thousand Horsemen," a Charles Chauvcl production, is destined to make the Australian Light Horse in Palestine live again—(ho foregoing endorsement was recorded by Frank O'Loughlon, Sydney writer who attended the preview of this production which is now showing at the Regent Theatre. "This daring and capable production of something entirely different in motion pictures is capable of repeating, the brilliant deeds of the Australian Licht Horse with another invasion—this time tho foreign iilm market, towards which tho youthful film industry in Australia has been turning with eager eyes and hopeful hearts," he commented as part of an article in tho Country Life newspaper. Old Light Horse campaigners of the last Great War were amongst those privilegod to see the preview, continues the article, and,.as Major A. D. Reid, Minister of Agriculture, and himself one of the Light Horsemen of Palestine fame, remarked : "That charge of the Light Horse at Becrsheba ■ was so realistic' that at one stage of it I nearly swung my long, right leg on the person in tho seat in front of me." In stages - emphasising a fantasia of fun and frolic, in colourful Cairo, the hilarious initiation of Gyppos into tho fascinations and fluctuating fortunes of twoup; the stark solidity of tho Light Horse in their trek across the # soulle.ss sizzling sands to avenge a British crisis; in tho muffled thunder of hooves of the "Forty Thousand Horsemen," as the Aussies iolentlossly attacked the German directed arms of Allad, the spirit of Light Horse in Egypt is caught up again in martial majesty and seemingly faultless technique, to win appreciation more spontaneously and understanding!}-, the great achievements that "eliminated the Gorman domination of the Holy Land.

KOSY THEATRE. "Submarine D-l." a, Warner Bros.' melodrama dealing with the exploits of undersea boats and the gallant lads who man them, will thrill enthusiastic audiences everywhere. ' The picture is authentic as well" as stirring for it. was made with the complete co-operation of the U.S. Navy, which turned over all its facilities at Newport, R.I. Cocos Coco in tho Panama Canal zone, and San Diego, Calif. There are.scores of battleships, cruisers, destroyers and aeroplanes taking part, and many hundreds of sailors and marines aro seen going through their peacetime and wargame duties. "Submarine DT" is tho best "service" film Warner Bros, have ever turned out. Pat O'Brien and George Brent aro co-starred, and in the cast are such well known troupers as Frank Mc'Tugh; Doris Weston, Regis Toomey, Henry O'Ncil and that brilliant newcomer. Wayne Morris. Miss Weston sustains the feminine love interest in the story, and does it nicely, while Frank McHugh, as an ordinary 'sailor provides his usual excellent brand of laugh-getting humour. Lloyd Baccn, who is at his best in stories of fast and thrilling action, directed "Submarine D-l."

Tho supporting picture is "Expensive Husbands." >