REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 December 1938, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST.” Ranging from the most popular of List and Gounod compositions through Californian folk songs and dreamy waltz tunes to sprightly Spanish melodies, the music of “Girl of the Golden West,” which is now showing at the Regent Theatre, is a treat in itself. But music is only a portion of the entertainment offered in this film, which brings Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald together again. Romance, comedy, and a good story all help to put the picture on a par with any the stars have previously made. Jeanette is cast as the owner of a saloon at the Cloudy Mountain gold camp in old California, much-loved by the miners and by the gambling sheriff, Jack Dance (played by Walter Pidgeon), in particular. Nelson Eddy is the leader of a band of outlaws with an ever-increasing price on his head. When Miss MacDonald is on her way to Monterey Eddy holds up her coach, but, entranced by the beauty of the young woman, follows it to the city. There, disguised as ap army officer, he escorts her to the fiesta. The appearance of soldiers hastens the bandit’s departure. The young couple, however, are greatly attracted to each other, and they meet again at the Cloudy Mountain saloon. The outlaw’s one-time sweetheart betrays him to the sheriff, who eventually captures him wounded in Jeanette’s cabin.