REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 70, 25 March 1940, Page 7

REGENT THEATRE

“WOMEN IN THE WIND,” AND “MR. WONG 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 is being screened to-day at the Regent Theatre. Aside from its direct interest in the lives of women fliers, the new Warner picture takes advantage of the popular interest in the most sensational actual happenings in the recent annals of 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 productien, "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.