REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1937, Page 14

REGENT THEATRE.

"Stolen Holiday."

For several excellent reasons "Stolen, Holiday," which opens at the Regent Theatre tomorrow, is a fine mm...it is strong, emotional, romantic drama, and it presents its star, Kay Francis, with a most impressive series of dresses to wear. \Ultra-moder.n costumes .and gowns attract attention continually, but fortunately for'the male element, the plot is strong enough to more than retain interest, apart from any other consideration. Then there is acting which is- at times magnificent. Although the film belongs to Miss Francis, she does not monopolise it, and: conversely, therein lies much of the charm /of "Stolen Holiday." Two leading men divide male honours— the handsome, quiet, restrained lan Hunter, so qu-at that he dodges most of the limelight which is rightfully his, and Claude Rains, the unforgettable "Invisible Man." Nicole rises to eminence with the financial backing of Orloff, to whom' she is intensely loyal. Dunn" a stolen holiday from him, following a delightful interlude on the Riviera, she meets and falls thoroughly in love with a British diplomat, Anthony V/ayne. She sticks to Orloff, however, despite her discovery that he is an audacious crook and that he is forcing her into a loveless marriage, until his death at the hands of the police leaves her free to pursue her romance with the handsome Englishman, but reduced once more to the status of a mannequin, All of which conveys little conception of the splendour of the setting and staging of the story. Throughout, backgrounds anoear to have engaged especial attention from the producers, and the result is a .harmonious effect which sets the drama off to perfection.