ENTERTAINMENTS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 60, Issue 4231, 15 January 1940, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

AT THE REGTNT. SCREENING TO-NIGHT AND TUESDAY. “ WHEN TO-MORROW COMES.” For twenty-five years the name of John Mj. Stahl has been associated with great pictures —. “ Magnicent Obsession,” “ Only' Yesterday,” and “ Back Street ” —and now he adds another triumph to the already long list. The picture is “When To-mor-row Comes,” seen on Saturday at the Regent Theatre. As a vehicle for his stars, Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer, Stahl has selected an unusual problem story in “ When To-morrow Comes.” The adaptation provides a rich field for his directorial abilities and the acting genius of Miss Dunne and Miss Boyer. The result is one of the most powerfully' offerings of the season. Miss Dunn e is seen as Helen, a waitress, who because her restaurant is closed by a strike, accepts the invitation of a stranger, Philip, played by Boyer, to spend a day in the country with him. He is to leave for France in three days, he tells her. Trapped by a hurricane, and each believing they are to die, they’ confess their love for each other. Then Helen discovers her com- j panion to be a married man. The , powerful climax of the story, which begins as a tale of a light summer flirtation, is startling in its emotional force. It is an outstanding example of superlative direction and acting.