REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 275, 19 November 1937, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

“DRAEGERMAN COURAGE.” An epic story of life and love in the minefields is unfolded in ‘Draegerman Courage,’’ now showing at the Regent Theatre. Jean Muir and Barton Maclean play opposite each other, and the combination is an excellent one. Maclean has the role of the big-hearted, rough-and-tumble lover, who has the ability to laugh in the face of danger and particularly when he is called upon to risk his own life to save that of his friends. Some highly dramatic scenes of men trapped in the bottom of a mine are filmed, and the audience is kept tense with excitement as the heroic struggle to free the entombed miners is in progress. The title of the picture is taxen from the name of that gallant band of men, the draegermen, who, chosen for their courage and daring, are called upon whenever it is necessary to rescue their comrades who are endangered in the mine. “They Won’t Forget.” Putting sensational material on to the screen successfully is not an easy thing to do. Countless snares, traps, and pitfalls lie in the path of the unwary man who makes the attempt. Mervyn Le Roy, who established Warner Bros, as specialists in the production of powerful and daring drama, is the producer of “They Won’t Forget,” which begins at the Regent Theatre to-morrow. Mr. Le R,oy is excited about “They Won’t Forget.” He holds that it has the same sympathetic appeal against social injustice that made “I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang” a hit. In addition, it includes a compelling love story. Those who keep track of such things report that the book (“Death in the Deep South”) has gone into eight printings, and that it is provoking more comment than any other book. The attention which Mr. Le Roy gives to production embellishment has not been permitted to lapse here. The biggest set in the film is the courtroom scene, in which practically all the action takes place.