REGENT THEATRE
“Under Siesta Stars” and “Rio' i Squad” screen finally to-day. , “Her First Beau.” With an impressive cast lending them valuable support, Jane Wither; and Jackie Cooper come to the Regent Theatre to-morrow in Columbia’s “Her First Beau,” which has been hailed as one of the season’s gayest comedies. Directed by Theodore Reed, the new Columbia comedy has been praised not only for its zestful high jinks, but for its brilliant study of the happiness and romance, anger anu pride and doubt which play such vital roles in the emotional lite of youth today. Jane is seen as a youngster go-ing-on-16, who wants to toe a great writer. To be a great writer, she reasons, one must suffer; and, she further reasons, the best way to suffer is through an unhappy love affair. The associate feature, “Tuxedo Junction,” is a story without a dull moment and stars Thurston Hall, Frankie Darro and Sally Payne.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 111, 15 May 1942, Page 3
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155REGENT THEATRE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 111, 15 May 1942, Page 3
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