The Theatres

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 167, 13 October 1941, Page 8

The Theatres

REGENT

Screening Tuesday and Wednesday "Busman's Honeymoon," Robert Montgomery, Constance Gummings, Leslie Banks, Seymour Hicks, Robert Newton. The year's laugh-and-love mystery thriller . . . a riot of fun and thrills . . . You'll thrill as Ro- j bert Montgomery gives you Dorothy L. Sayer's slick silk hatted sleuth on the screen . . . It's the most entertaining role of his career .• He has the part of a likeable member of the British aristocracy with a passion for crime detection. Whether he be cross-examining a reluctant but suspicious witness, investigating the contents of an innocent floAverpot, which in this instance has farreaching consequences, or finding himself transformed into an approximation of a nigger minstrel when he becomes engulged in a cloud of chimney soot, Robert Montgomery seems never to make a false step; fivery gesture every intonation of voice perfectly fitting into his characterisation. Constance Cummings, the charming American actress, proved a fine choice as the wife and heroine of Montgomery's mystery pcregrina fens, and her wit, charm and sense of humour add up toi a delightful cameo.