REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 95, 24 April 1940, Page 7

REGENT THEATRE

“THE OKLAHOMA KID” AND “SHE MARRIED A COP” “The Oklahoma Kid,” which is to commence to-day at the Regent Theatre with James Cagney in the title roie, is the surging drama of an empire in creation. The new Cagney starring picture is a rousing melodrama of the open spaces laid in the days when homesteaders were erasing the last frontier in the United States. It is a semi-historic tale of the great land rush and other events which followed the opening up of Oklahoma territory to settlement in 1893. Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, and Donald Crisp are the stars. Phil Regan’s return to the screen in Republic’s “She Married a Cop" is an event which will be greeted with enthusiasm by his many admirers. Since making “Manhattan Merry Go Round” anjl “The Hit Parade,” the young singing star has been busy making personal appearances. This latest production will find him near the top of the popularity list. "She Married a

Cop,” which is the associate feature, is based on a novel idea of utilising an animated cartoon background. Linda Fay, a motion picture talent scout, played by Jean Parker, is searching for a lilting tenor voice to be synchronised as the voice of the animated cartoon character, Paddy the Pig. Her search is over when she discovers officer James Duffy, played by Phil

Regan, a personable young Cop with just the tenor, voice for Paddy the Pig. She persuades him to sign a contract, without disclosing that his singing is to be entirely through a comic animated cartoon character. When Officer Duffy discovers the truth he is filled with righteous fury, but Linda succeeds in straightening the matter out in a manner that would satisfy Dan Cupid’s most rigid requirements. The cast includes, in addition to Phil Regan and Jean Parker, Jerome Cowan, Dorothea Kent, Benny Baker, Horace MacMahon, Barnett Parker and Oscar O'Shea.