REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1934, Page 3

REGENT THEATRE.

■ Another .Eddie Cantor carnival'of fun mil splendour in provided !k "Rorr.au Scandals " an enterprising Samuel Goldwyn. production. S" V'™- °^.; S ' "c^eXuV'Si .screen 'musical, comedy, and it sur-Kid'Froni'spain^'and^Palmy^ays'-'his'S': v tons stiirriiiff vehicles. "Konuui Meriid'ils" is i pageant of splendour, comedy, sophistication', tl rills, and excitement, and above all is the cllervescence of F.ddie Cantor There wis once a. grocery boy in West Rome, Oklahoma, who was thrown out of town on account of upsetting the .Mayor's unscrupulous plans Ho dreamed about the Rome of ancient times so much that he dreamed his way into the Emperor Valerius's palace, where also resided the fnXTfn fr"",1'' 1" APP°»»tel official foodtastei lo the hmperor, he nearly came to a sad cud through doing his duty. Other mci■- ■ dents in his life were being placed on the block in the slave market, falling in love and sullei-ing for it, engaging in a stirring chariot race, and being threatened with torture and death many tunes. After all this, the dreamer comes back to earth In the vanguard of the liiuperors soldiers, who are chasing him, and J succeeds in proving that the Mayor of West Kume is the twentieth century counterpart of ",,.*'., l 0 was endeavouring to enrich himself at the people's expense. Eddie Cantor 5"l g,? ' ;r c?, ,SOIIBS- "KeeP Young and Beautiful, Build a Little Home," and "Tax on Love.' Ruth Etting assists in the singing, and other principals include Gloria Stuart, David Manners. Edward Arnold, and Veree Teasdale. lie supporting programme is of a particularly high standard, and includes an oi-anlo-ue ".Memories." featurinj; Arthur Tracv. the street singer, and "Gold of the North," 'shoivin- interesting scenes of the aroficr industry.