ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 22 July 1929, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

nnTtF.Nl' THEATRE: “FORBIDDEN HOURS” AND “GIPSY PRINCESS” Two excellent pictures were, shown at J the Regent Theatre for the first time on I Saturday and drew a packed house. I Brilliant uniforms, representing the armies oi practically every European nation of to-day, are seen in the mammoth court scenes in Ramon Navarro's new spectacle “Forbidden Hours.” Jrt the gripping romance of modern Europe, with Novarro as a young king, the t throne room scenes and the spectacular royal wedding in a- great cathedral are settings for a poignant love story. Renee Adorec is the heroine and others in the cast include Roy D’Arcy, Edward Connelly, etc. Resides being a colourful piece of' romantic entertainment, it will rank as one of Novarro’s most interesting efforts. .Musical comedy plot does not often Jemj. itself to screen nig, hut “The Gipsy Princess” has been so cleverly handled' that no better result could have been achieved had it been an original scenario. The gay air which pervades the production is a delight in itself, and makes the few more serious moments doubly appealing. 1 he plans are at the Regent Confectionery. “METROPOLIS”: WONDERFUL SCENES There has never been a film like “.Metropolis” which comes to the Regent theatre on Wednesday, commencing at Hie matinee. It is a whirl of amazing scenes—creative ingenuity working at the highest possible pressure. Mr If. G. Wells the famous writer, in his criticism says: “I have just come away from the first screening of “Metropolis,” and I now understand the praise of the American press—such phrases as “a thrilling experience”, “amazing,” “startling,” almost incredible,” and so on. It is all that. It is, in every sense of the word, an experience,” which one has not encountered before, and is hardly likely to encounter again. “Metropolis” is a city beneath a city, 1 and in the lower one dwell the workers. The screen has never shown such dreams as those of the city of the rich. The undercity is a. mass of strange machines, dials, cods, dynamos, long shafts, that narrow in perspective to the size of a coin. Metropolis” will lie screened for three days and three evenings only, and the plan is at the Regent Confectionery or telephone 1102. 0 MAJESTIC: DOUBLE STAR PROGRAMME The glamour of the theatre and the human interest that underlies the spectacle of the gilded butterflies of the G'>R e —these arc the elements that make 'Mhe Divine Woman” the most dramatic and impelling story that Greta Garbo, the famous .Swedish star, has yet, appeared in. This new Metro-Ciokhvyn-flayer production comes to,the Majestic Theatre to-night and is one of (he screen's masterpieces. It is based mi the life of the immortal French actress Sarah 'Bernhardt, and tells of loves! hates successes-and failures of a peasant who climbed the dizzy heights to success and became Hie toast of a nation, only to lose the only man site had ever loved. Lars Hanson plays the leading male role. ‘Tleetwing, ’ the supporting picture, is a stirring story of the Arabian desert with Barry Norton, as Hie star player. Plans are at- (bn Majestic Confectioiiery.