REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 125, 12 June 1937, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

•'BORN TO DANOE ' ' — ELEANOR POWELL. Eleauor Powell, who first won praise trom eritics and lilni audiencee alike m ■ * Broadway Melody of 1936, " is a delight to behoid, a pl'easure to listen to and a tremendous treat to lovers of daneing in any form in "Born to Dance, '' which sereens at the JRegent to-night. In her flrst picture she proved. her versatility by swutching from tap daneing to ballet; in "Born to Dance" she introduces a bewilderiug array of routines, iucluding even an originai version of the current popalar ' ' swing ' > tempo. In its musie, production value and dazzling array of aupporting talent, ' ' £orn to Dance ' ' in every way lives up to the high etaudards set by its brilliant daneing star, The songs, written by Goie Porter of "You're the Top" and "Night and Day" fame, are of the type that onee iieard linger on the ear for weeks after The rouiantie "Easy to Love," the haunting "I've Got You Under My Skin," the catchy "Swingin' the J'inx Avvay," and the lilting waltz number, •'Hey, Babe, Hey," are songs that everyone will be whistling and huniming for weeks to come, In its magnificent settings, eye-filling ensenibles, every oue of whose daneers niust be a i beauty-prize winner, tne interest'.ng naval baekgrounds and the general luxury of the proceedings, the picture is deflnitely in the tradition of "The Great Ziegfeld." Dave .Gould did a brilliant job of "supervising the danees,. and the direction of Roy Del Ruth adds immeasurably to the suceeas of the whole. The storv of "Born to Dance" involves the romance of a small-town girl who falls in love with a navy man and almost loses hira to a show girl. "LOST HORIZON" (Jolumbia Pictures, by special arrangement of the JRegent Tiieatre. will present a gala pre-release preview oi hrank Capra's two-million dollar production, "Lost Horizon," starring Ronald Coleman, for a special one-night. season on Wednesday next, June 16. Preferential booking for this screening is now open. "Lost Horizon" must not be olassed with the ordinary run of films. F rank Oapra, who produced "lt Happened Oue Night," "Mr Deeds Comes to Town,' and "Lady for a Day," considers that. this film far surpasses any of his previous efforts in story, cast and im est. Truly is "Lost Horizon" the sereens mightiest monumental a"hievoixient. Because of the terriffic cost of production tlie prices for this prerelease screening have hud to be increased.