REGENT THEATRE AND GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 140, 10 December 1929, Page 5

REGENT THE ATRE AND GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

"Three Live Ghosts," an entertaining alla. German prison camp and return to their former haunts in London, only to learn that they are legally dead in the eyes of the Government and their friends. One of them, an American, foiled in his hopo lor death on the !KW to»32 IU'X3: SSJ3S«: nfembfr VSffK i£ victim of shellshock. His mind clears follow? ing a blow trom a policeman's club, and he ?iirrt VerS. he has, t kldnaPPed his own child! The third wages a battle of wits with his gin-soaked stepmother, who, dazzled by the reward offered tor the American, connives to bring about his arrest. These are some of tho fascinating and colourful highlights' of "Threo Live Ghosts, an all-talking aim version of the famous New York and London stago play Brilliantly acted by an all-star cast, several of whom have never before appeared before a camera, "Three Live Ghosts" introduces several new and magnetic personalities to the screen as its absorbing story unfolds. Prominent among them is Beryl Mercer, who, as "Old Sweetheart," a product of London's slums, gives one of the finest characterisations ever seen on the screen. Charles M'Naughton, Claud Allister, and Robert Montgomery, as the "Three Live Ghosts," give delightful and convincing performances, as do Hilda Vaughn, Joan Bennett, and Shayle Gardner. Excellent supports are also screened, while at the Grand Opera House Mr. Jack Lumsdalne, the Australian baritone, presents a further series of songs. Box plans as usual for the Regent, and at the Bristol, Berkeley, and the theatre for the Grand Opera House.