‘GIVE US THIS NIGHT’

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20493, 11 August 1936, Page 5

‘GIVE US THIS NIGHT’

FINE MUSICAL FILM “Give Us This Night” now at the Regent, introduces a new type of musical production to the screen—a combination of popular and semiclassical music written by two outstanding figures in their respective fields. Gladys Swarthout plays the role of a famous opera soprano who aids a young Italian fisherman—a role played by Kiepura—to scale the heights of operatic fame. She first discovers him in his native village, and with the assistance of a noted composer, gives him his chance to study and succeed. Running through this story framework is the three-cornered romance involving the star, the fisherman and the composer. “So Red the Rose” A cast of well-known names is featured in “So Red the Rose” which opens to-morrow, including Margaret Sullavan, Randolph Scott, Walter Connolly, Elizabeth Patterson, Janet Beecher and Harry Ellerbe. “So Red the Rose” tells the story of a Southern family which faced hardships and struggles in those days when a peaceful country was seared by the flame of War. It also tells the story of a young girl’s love that is tried and tested when the man to whom she is pledged refuses to heed the call of patriotism even though he sees the plight and desperation of his own people.