REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 127, 31 May 1937, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

| "FIRE OVER ENGLAND.” I Probably what will linger most fn : the memories of those who see the i lavish new English historical romance, | “Fire Over England,” now screening iat the Regent Theatre, will be the tender loveliness of young Vivian Leigh, cast in the role of lady-in-wait-|ing to Queen Elizabeth and principal i feminine romantic personality in the 'picture. A brilliant young veteran of I two West End stage successes, Miss ■ Leigh, at 24, is definitely one of the I most promising young players in ! British films. “Fire Over England,” I produced by Britain's most consistent ; maker of suocessful films, Alexander i Korda and directed by the greatest [German director, Eric Pommer, is a spectacular and colourful drama of Spanish Armada days. One of the most striking personalities in the film is the Queen Elizabeth of Flora Robson—a woman no longer young, an imperious fiery queen, guiding’ her people to world supremacy, dominating her court, loved and honoured by her subjects as the “Good Queen Bess," at one moment searching her morror for her lost youth and at the next calmly leading her country to the general thanksgiving at the destruction of England's greatest menace since the Norman Conquest And that same battle with Spain's invincible Armada is splendidly done. Korda has shown that spectacle need not be left to Hollywood—Denham can do it very well. The Regent has a fine supporting bill.