REGENT THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 37, 6 November 1937, Page 19

REGENT THEATRE

"103 MBN AKO A G1EL." Wboever enjoyed Deanna Durbin's first film, ' 4 Tbree Sm4rt Girla, 1 1 waa givea in it no moro tban a taste or a glimpse-of tbe delights tbat sbe xs capable of putting into one individuai p« - t'ormance and whicb form tbe real su.bstance of. "100 Men and a Girl," screenlng at tbe Regent to-nigbt. Sbe combines ,tbo glorious riebnesS of a matured voice witb tbe sweetness of n • child's, and to tbat great voeai asset sbe adds a peraonaiity .wbich bas ■ as many facets as a cut di amo tld and, wbicb glitters no less brilliantly; . The great' inass of people will need nd' better refcom'mendatlon to see Dednna Durbin tban Deanna berseif,' but tbe musical public WiH'note tbat Leopold fetokowski' and* b'ia philad61pbia Sympkony Orebestra -prosent several xium" ; bers, including the Zampa overturo ,aud" Hniigaridn Rbapsddy No, 2.' • And, as gems of katdly lesser -lustre, • tbere is a thoroagkly . appealing and ; satisfying piece .of hUman act,ing by Adolpbe Men jou and a bubbling 4oav of burnour from Eugene JPalette, Alice Brady and Miscba Auen. All tbese ele- ■ ments are barmoniously blended in tbe 8tofy of a girl'a success m induclng tbe world 's greatest conductor to lead a full sympbony orebestra of out-of-worl? . musicians. «