REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 36, 5 November 1937, Page 12

REGENT THEATRE

"THE GOOD BABTH." "The Good Earth" sc'reenB finally to-night. Whoever enjoyed Deanna Durbin »s first film, "Three Smart Girls, ' ' was given in it no more than a taste or a glimpse of the delights that she is eapable of putting into one individual pciformance and which form the real sub» stance of "100 Men and a Girl," commencing at the Begent to-morrow. She combinea the glorious riehness of a matured voice with the sweetness of a child's, and to that great voca] asset she adds a peusonality whieh has as many facets as a cut diamond anrl which glitters no less brilliantly. The great mass of people will need no better recommendation to see Deanna Durbin than Deanna herself, but the musical public will note that Leopold Stokowsld and his Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra present several nurabers, including the Zampa overture aud Hungarian Ehapsody No. 2. And, as geme of hardly lesser lustre, there is a thoroughly appealing and satisfyjng piece of human acting by Adolphe Menjou and a bubbling flow of humour from Eugene Palette, Alice Brady and Mischa Auen. All these elements are harmoniously blended in the story of a girl'e success in inducing the world 's greatest condnctor to lead a full symphony orchestra of out-of-work musicians.