REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 251, 22 October 1937, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

"WOMAN CHASES MAN.” Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea, one of the most successful and popular romantic teams in films, are the featured artists in "Woman Chases Man,” the riotous Samuel Goldwyn comedy, which heads the current programme at the Regent Theatre. "Woman Chases Man” marks the fifth production in which the stars Charles Winninger, Erik Rhodes, Ella Logan, Leona Maricle, and Broderick Crawford are also prominently featured. "Farewell Again.” Some months ago a British troopship, homeward bound with a regiment after the latter had served live years in India, received notification that the regiment was to proceed at once to the Near East, after a stay of six hours at Southampton. That is history now. It also is the subject and plot of the latest English picture, "Farewell Again,” commencing to-day at the Regent Theatre. Thus the picture is less fiction than the true story of incidents in the lives of men who are still serving their country in distant lands. One can imagine the jubilation of the men of a regiment who have been absent from sweethearts, wives, and families for live years, and who are only a day or so away from England again. The picture shows the scene on tne big troopship "Somersetshire,” on the last stage homeward bound from India. Singing and broad jocularity in the mens quarters, optimism where the wives and families of the officers, who have stayed with their men in the rigours of foreign service, dream again of England and home. Then comes the order for a short stay and a quick return to foreign duty. A fine cast of players includes Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, and Sebastian Shaw. The first half of the programme consists in the main of Walt Disney's five Academy Award winning cartoons, ‘‘Flowers and Trees,” "Three Little Pigs,” "The Tortoise and the Hare,” "Three Orphan Kittens,” and "The Country Cousin.”