REGENT THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20175, 2 March 1931, Page 6

REGENT THEATRE.

4 * "RENEGADES." Some wonderful picture* have been proaacetl withi the French Foreign Legion M ■tJip theme and few of-them, have failed to ■ satisfy: The latqst .'talking film of thii typ * 'to come to'CKfiitdhurch ->h ''Eenegades. whioh is * WilHtott Fox , which is M great as any that have teen .presented.The., Dictate.• ** shown at the Regent Theatre, is full of jetton,, dating it ?***» W"ifcar coutfridas-who ha** theu'.'pwvioua Civilised li« 98 to do in Morooco. The terrible conditions, under which xnozL' of tho Legion have to vividly shown, and the picture uso lliustrates the inexorable discipline which is characteristic of the service For realism it would be difficult to equal the scene inside a besieged fort, which has been surtounued by Arabs armed with machine guns Mid supplied with ample food and water, while the i beleagured garrison is on th« verge ,of starvation. The commander of the . besiegers enters the fort under the protection of ft flag of truce, and a ghastly tight meets his eyes. Men are lying about wounded, ana as he converses with the officer#_ in charge a soldier;'apparently .on-lib* point of death, calls out in a pitiably weak voioefor water. A. more terrible picture of suffering humaruty could scarcely be imagined. It is impossible to restrain admiration- for the defenders of the fort when, thei/ileot to fight on against the attackers. When the Arabs press on »n overwhelming numbers to wipe _ out the gallant garrison <a> dramatio eun?i:ise ;is sprung on them by tho leader of the four renegades, whO ! turns' machine guns «on . them and fights for, the salvation of the white men, in whose ranks the quartet had previously served. Barely, if ever, have more graphic bsttle scenes been presented than those .which mark the conclusion of thi« ( great 'picture, thft leading parte in whichi ate takei by Warner Baxter. Noah Beery. {tnd lioy.