REGENT THEATRE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 46, 27 June 1947, Page 4

REGENT THEATRE

“KITTY” Saturday, Monday, Tuesday. Take a combination like Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland, put them together in a spicy story of Eighteenth Century vintage and top it all off with Mitchell Leisen at the directorate helm, and you have as entertaining picture as moviegoers could hope to see. Adapted from Rosamond Marshall’s sensational book, Paramount’s “Kitty” opens at the Regent Theatre to an enthusiastic audience, is the kind of film that breezes merrily along from start to finish with never a dull moment. An excellent supporting cast includes Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen, Cecil Kellaway, Constance Collier and Dennis Hoey. In addition to all this talent, Raoul Pene du Bois and Madame Karinska have provided some of the most spectacular settings and costumes ever seen on the screen. “Kitty” is the story of a London Cockney waif who becomes the talk of English royalty when Sir Thomas Gainsborough exhibits her portrait at the Royal Academy. Paulette Goddard outdoes herself as the flirtatious hussy who makes five men do her bidding, marches three to the altar, including the prize catch, the Duke of Malmunster, superbly portrayed by Reginald Owen. Ray Milland plays the ingratiating scoundrel for the first time in his career and comes through with a notable performance.