REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1933, Page 6

REGENT THEATRE.

Smart comedy by a cast of notable British players is presented in "Counsel's Opinion,' a Paramount British picture which heads the new : programme at the Regent Theatre. It is a -show that will banish gloom, and it should . please all tastes. Tho picture 13 excellently produced, and as in most English productions ■which have set a high standard in this direction, the. many diverting situations that arise have a piquancy all their own. Tho story Is a sprightly tale of mistaken identity, and from start to finish the show swings along at a merry clip. One of many fine sets in the picture is the Law Courts scene, which Is said to be the most complete and authentic ever produced In a British film studio. The cast Is a brilliant one. It Is headed by the London star, Henry Kendall, who is the young man of tho .piece, and playing opposite him is the dainty and vivacious Blnnle Barnes, whoso name also is well known on tho London stage. Then there Is- Cyril Maude, the notable-character actor. Others In the cast Include Lawrence Grossmith and Harry Tate, both of whom play prominent parts. As is usual with the best British comedies, there .13 . a wealth of carefully studied detail, and one learns to expect something from each character as he appears, and Is never disappointed. To disclose the clever plot, with all Its ludicrous sequences and unexpected denouements, would spoil half the pleasure that thousands will derive from an exceptionally witty and spectacular Court comedy, the meticulously rigid adherence of which to tho set forms of procedure merely makes the fun the more Irresistible. Naturally the duality of the humour will be appreciated more especially by adults. There is plenty of human Interest In all divorce proceedings, and though the main theme is comedy, the story itself carries the absorbed audience with it. The supporting programme is- well up to standard, and includes, among other', interesting Items, further scenes Of the World Economic Conference. "42iid Street." ■ Four-special musical numbers that may-be-come the most popular hits of the season are heard in the Warner Bros.' production, of "42nd Street," an epic of back-stage life, coming to the-Regent Theatre on Friday; The songs were written by Al Dubln and Harry Warren, the well-known Broadway lyricist and composer respectively, and are entitled "I'm Young and Healthy," "Shuffle Off to Buffalo," "You're Getting to bo a Habit with Me," and the title piece, "Forty Second Street." They arc sung by various members of tho all-star cast and the chorus of ISO beautiful girls in the gigantic musical spectacle around which the dramatic | theme of the picture centres. . |.