REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 83, 24 April 1937, Page 14

REGENT THEATRE

"THREE SMART CIRLS" Dainty Deanna "Durbin, a brilliant and altogether charming personality, is the attraction at the Eegent Theatre to-night, when TJnivereal's gay comedy, ''Three Smart Girls," will begin a season. Surrounded by a cast

of established cinema favourites, in* cluding Binnie Barnes, Alice Brady, Eay Milland, and Charles Winninger, this youthful newcomer to the screen livee up to the advantage notices of her musical genius. She proves, too, that she is much more than just a singing child prodigy. Possessing exquisite beauty and rare charm, the talented girl gives a smooth performance. "Three Smart Girls" tells the amueing story of three daughters of a rich New Yorker who upset their father's romance with a gold-digging blonde. The title roles are played by little Miss Durbin, Nan Grey, and Barbara Eead. As the father, Charles Winninger essays a new type of role and .tnrns in a fine performance. Miss Barnes plays the part of the golddigger and Miss Brady is ideally cast as the blonde 'a scheming mother. Mischa Aner is an impoverished nobleman whom the three youngsters hire to lure the adventuress away from their giddy parent. Eay Milland, John King, Ernest CossaTt, Hobart Cavanangh, Lucille Watson, and Nella Walker are others in the cast. The outstanding snpporting progH'amnie includes the first of tho 1937 series of the "March of Time," which is an advance on the old series, a sports thriller "Skiing is Believing," and tho latest newsr'eels