REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

“THESE THREE.’’ Three of to-day’s screen favourites— Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, and Joel McCrea—combine to make the success of Samuel Goldwyn’s latest production, “These Three,” commencing to-day at the Regent Theatre, and theatregoers will have different opinions as to which of the stars is the best. The story concerns the efforts of Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon to conduct a girls’ school. Initial financial troubles give way to quick success until trouble is started by the malicious lying of a small girl who runs away from the school after a just punishment. Bonita Granville is the child who plays this difficult part, and she plays it exceedingly well. With another child, whom her stronger character terrifies, she persuades the world of the truth of her story of the relationships between her two teachers and a young doctor (Joel McCrea). That complicates an already troubled triangle in which the doctor loves Merle Oberon, while he is the object of the silent affection of Miriam Hopkins. It is through the efforts of the last named that the good names of the three are ultimately re-established, after a number of heavily-dramatic sequences. The supporting programme includes a Walt Disney Silly Symphony in colour, “Three Orphan Kittens,” and newsreels showing a wide range of different sports. Midnight Matinee. A midnight matinee at the Regent Theatre on Friday evening, commencing at 9.45 p.m., will mark the commencement of the Wanganui season for “Rose of the Rancho.” Gladys Swarthout and John Boles are the stars of this spectacular musical romance.