REGENT THEATRE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 3, 5 January 1944, Page 3

REGENT THEATRE.

Once in a while a "different” type of motion picture comes along the average theatregoer with a fresh and vigorous treatment of a subject which is enough off the beaten track to be classified as a novelty. Such a picture is “King of the Stallions,” the Monogram drama which screens at the Regent Theatre to-day. While the film partakes in a measure of the qualities of the always-popular "western,” it is better described as a story of the great outdoors. Centre of interest, and of much of the action, is the magnificent black horse Thunder, which is not only a beautiful animal but qualifies as a highly trained actor. Its relations with other horses, as welt as with the human actors in the drama, become a matter of real interest to the audience. Another pf the picture's claims to novelty lies in the fact that most of

the story tpkes place in and around an Indian village on the American frontier. A large proportion of the characters are Indians, and these natives portray their roles with a forceful dignity that is convincing and effective. The associate feature is “Gangs of the City.” DUCHESS THEATRE. “All American Co-ed” heads the double feature programmr at Ihe Duchess Theatre to-day. Starring Frances Langford and Johnny Downs it is reported as the season's gayest musical. Romance and song is the theme of “Flying With Music,” the associate feature.