REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 87, 29 April 1937, Page 10

REGENT THEATRE

"THREE SMART CIRLS" Dainty Deanna Durbin, a brillianl and altogether charming personality, is the attraction at the Eegent Theatre to-night, when Universal's gay comedy, "Three Smart Girls," continues its season. Surrounded by a cast of estabiished cinema favourites, including Binnie Barnes, Alice Brady, Eay Milland, and Charles Winninger, this youthful newcomer to the screeu 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 titi© roles are played by little Miss Durbin, Nan Grey, and Barbara Read. As the father, Charles Winninger essays a new tjpe of role and turns in a fine performance. Miss Barnes plays the part of the gold digger and Miss Brady is ideally cast as the blonde 's scheming mother. Mischa Auer is an impoverished nobleman whom the three youngsters hire to lure the adventuress away from their giddy parent. Ray Milland, John King, Ernest Cossart, Hobart Cavanaugh, Lucille WnDoy and Nella Walker are others in the cust. The outstanding suppoiiing progjramme includes the first of the 1937 serxes of th© "March of Time," which is an advance on the old series, a sports thriller "Skiing is Believing," and tbe latest newsreels