REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 3

REGENT THEATRE.

"Barbary Coast," a powerful drama of the gold-rush days, having the lawless gambling houses of San Francisco as a background, is a strong attraction at the Regent Theatre. Miriam Hopkins is brilliant in the leading feminine role of. a young woman who arrives in San Francisco to find that her fiance has been killed. She plunges into the perilous life of the great city, and assists • Louis Chamalis (Edward G. Robinson) in the running of a crooked gambling saloon. The romantic theme j is developed when she meets a young prospector, James Carmichael (Joel McCrea), and persuades him to fling away all his winnings on a crooked roulette wheel. Although she tries to hate Carmichael, she finally confesses her love for.him, and Chamalis, learning of their romance, becomes jealous and swears that he will kill the prospector. The peace-loving citizens of the city, however,- form themselves into bands of vigilantes, and succeed in hanging Chamalis's lieutenant for murder, finally starting out in search of Chamalis himself. Some dramatic scenes take place at the finish, when the story unfolds itself in an unusual manner. There is a sound supporting programme. "Melody Lingers On." The next attraction at the Regent Theatre is to be "Melody Lingers On," a blending of song, romance, and drdnia, which introduces a new singing star in the person of handsome George Houston. "Melody Lingers On" is a human story which should-jnake a deep and lasting impression on the hearts of all who see it. In it is related a poignant story of a beautiful woman, who, c.yen with the applause of the world ringing in her ears, could not silence the yearning heart-song for one enchanting hour with the son she could nsver ciaim.