REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 110, 11 May 1936, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

“BOSE OF THE BANCHO’ “Rose of the Rancho,” which was again well received by large audiences at the Regent Theatre on Saturday, was specially selected by the J. C. Williamson Picture Corporation to open their palatial new Auckland theatre, Tnc Embassy, and drew phenomenal crowds to every session. The film marks the screen debut of Gladys a star of the Metropolitan Opera at New York, whose beauty of face is matched by the depth and richness of her voice. “Rose of the Rancho” falls at first sight into the category of . outdoor musical romance, but the s} ?cial musical score (including no fewer than 11 new songs and four Spanish dances), together with the voice and personality of Gladys Swarthout and that of her co-star, John Boles, raises the film to the level of a screen operetta. Willie Howard and Herb. Williams, two well-known stage comedians, are in the supporting cast with Charles Bickford and H. B. Warner. The associate programme includes another of the sensational “March of Time” series, giving a new angle on the situation between Japan and China in Manchuria, a 2000 ft. colour classic entitle' “Morocco Nights” and another v joyable “Popeye the Sailor Man” ca toon.