REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 85, 27 April 1937, Page 10

REGENT THEATRE

"THREE SMART CIRLS" Dainty Deanna Durbin, a brilliant. and altogetlier charming personality, is the ' attraction at the Kegent Theatre to-night, when Universal's gay comedy, "Three Sinart Girls," will t>egin a season. Suyrounded by a cast of estabiished cinema favourites, including Binnie Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland, and Charles Winninger, this youthful newcomer to the screen lives up to the advantage notices of her rnusical genius. She proves, too, that she is much more than just a singing child prodigy. Possessing exqulsite beauty and rare charm, the talented girl gives a smooth performance. "Three Smart Girls" tells the amusing story of three daughters of a rich New Forker 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 turns in a fine performance. Miss Barnes plays the part of the golddigger and Miss Brady is ideally cast as the blonde 's scheming mother. Mischa Auer is an impoverished nobleman whom the three youngsters hire to lnre the .adventuress away from their giddy parent. Eay Milland, John King, Ernest Cossart, flobart Cavanaugh, Lucille Watson, and Nella Walker are others in the cast. • The outstanding supporting pro-gii-amme includes the first of the 1937 series of the "March of Time," which is an advance on the old series, a Bports thriller "Skiing is Believing," and tb«» latest newsreels