REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 68, 21 March 1940, Page 7

REGENT THEATRE

“FOOLS FOR SCANDAL” and “WHEN WERE YOU BORN?” 'Fools for Scandal,” the gay comedy of romantic adventure, will conclude to-night at the Regent Theatre. It tells of the pursuit of a wealthy American actress, on tour on the Continent, by a penniless but charming French baron. Carole Lombard and Fernand Gravet taking these roles. Ralph Bellamy again appears as a ' solid but extremely dull lover. Solv- : ing a murder mystery by the ancient 1 science of astrology is the novel theme ' of “When Were You Born?” the Warner Bros, melodrama with Anna May ’ Wong, Margaret Lindsay, and a host ' of others, which will be the associate ' feature. 1 “Women in the Wind,” and "Mr Wong i in Chinatown.” . The thrills, romances, sorrows and . joys of those intrepid girls who have . made aviation their career are graphically related in “Women in the Wind,” the Warner Bros, picture featuring Kay Francis and William Gargan, which commences on Satur- ' day at’the Regent Theatre. Aside 1 from its direct interest in the lives of women fliers, the new Warner pic-1 ’ ture takes advantage of the popular ; interest in the most sensational actual happenings in the recent annals of 1 aviation by incorporating somewhat ( similar incidents in the screen story written by Lee Katz and Albert De Mond. Others in the large and expert

cast include Victor Jory, Maxie Rosenbloom, Sheila Towne, Ila Rhodes and Frankie Burke. Monogram's thrilling mystery production, “Mr. Wong in Chinatown,” which is the associate feature, is certain to please the most seasoned follower of the fortunes of screen detectives, for not only is that brilliant character actor, Boris Karloff, in the title role, but the picture itself has an atmosphere of mystery which is often lacking in cinema crime stories. The film continues the adventures of James Lee Wong, the Chinese super-sleuth, who has already helped the San Francisco police department out of tough spots, as related in “Mr. Wong, Detective,” and "The Mystery of Mr. Wong." “Mr. Wong in Chinatown" gives James Lee Wong unlimited scope, as it concerns the murder of a Chinese princess, commissioned by her Government to purchase airplanes in the United States.