REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 71, 26 March 1940, Page 7

REGENT THEATRE

i “WOMEN IN THE WIND," AND “MR. WONG IN CHINATOWN.”

The thrills, romances, sorrows and joys of those intrepid girls who have 3 made aviation their career are graphi- - cally related in "Women in the vVind," i- the Warner Bros, picture featuring t Kay Francis and William Gargan, it which concludes to-night at the Is Regent Theatre. Aside from its direct " interest in the lives of women fliers, ie the new Warner picture takes advani- tage of the popular interest in the a most sensational actual happenings in d the recent annuals of aviation by infl corporating somewhat similar inci>f dents in tne screen story written by d Lee Katz and Albert De Mond. Others t. in the large and expert cast include i- Victor Jory, Maxie Rosenbloom, Sheila i- Towne, Ila Rhodes and Frankie is Burke. Monogram’s thrilling mystery c production, “Mr. Wong in Chinatown,' d which is the associate feature, is cers tain to please the most seasoned lol- •, lower of the fortunes of screen detecv tives, for not only is that brilliant charit acter actor, Boris Karloff, in the title - role, but the picture itself has an aty mosphere of mystery which is often ■U lacking in cinema crime stories. The y film continues the adventures of r James Lee Wong, the Chinese supcrg sleuth, who has already helped the n San Francisco police department out - of tough spots, as related in “Mr. e Wong, Detective," and ‘The Mystery y of Mr. Wong.” “Mr. Wong in Chinae town” gives James Lee Wong une limited scope, as it concerns the mur--5 der of a Chinese princess, commissioned by her Government to purchase fl airplanes in the United States.