THE REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 83, 29 June 1927, Page 17

THE REGENT

SEMI-FINALISTS NEXT WEEK The interest in the personal appearance in the Regent Theatre’s gorgeous setting of the 16 semi-finalists in the “Miss New Zealand 1927” great screen quest, continues unabated, packed and enthusiastic audiences greeting the girls each evening. The advantage of seeing the competitors under circumstances most favourable to themselves has been realised by Regent patrons, and the voting has been particularly heavy. The 16 girls will appear again, this evening, and for the last time tomorrow evening.

On Friday another important step in the contest will be taken. The four semi-finalists at the head of this week’s poll will appear in a series of acting and screen tests, before the audiences, who will thus be given an opportunity of forming an opinion as to the ability of the four girls to register various forms of emotion and to act generally. Special tests have been arranged, and these will take place in a new setting. Patrons of the Regent Theatre (with those of the Majestic), will continue to act as sole judges, per medium of the voting cards, and will, during the week commencing Friday, select “Miss Auckland” and her Maid of Honour.

The delightful French farce, “Blonde or Brunette,” the appropriate Paramount film that is proving such a hit this week, with Adolphe Menjou, Greta Nissen and Arlette Marchel in the leading roles, will be replaced on Friday by the British production, “London.” Special music will again be a feature.” THE PRINCESS “THE DENVER DUDE” A Western comedy, packed with fun and thrills, is promised patrons of the Princess Theatre to-morrow in “The Denver Dude,” the Universal Picture starring Hoot Gibson. A typical Gibson picture is promised, full of all the qualities which have become associated in the public mind with this star to make him one of the screen’s most popular attractions. Gibson has become noted equally for his ability to play comedy and for his excellence at injecting thrills and action in his productions. “The Denver Dude” was directed by Reaves Eason, noted for his ability at making outdoor pictures of the type so universally popular. The picture is based on an original story by Earle Snell, and was adapted to the screen by Karl Krusada and William Lester. The large supporting cast includes Blanche Mehaffey, Robert McKim, Mathilde Brundage, Glenn Tryon, Howard Truesdell, “Slim” Summerville, Rolfe Sedan and others. RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM “THE CANYON OF LIGHT” One of the most thrilling scenes ever shown in pictures is the wrecking of a “ghost city” in “ The Canyon of Light,” starring Tom Mix, and now showing at the Rialto and Regent Theatres. This “ghost city” is a deserted, oldtime boom town, and in the fight between Tom Mix, the hero of the story, and a gang of desperadoes, building after building is wrecked in one of the most gripping sequences imaginable. Dorothy Dwan, William Walling, Ralph Sipperly, Barry Norton. Carl Miller, Duke Lee and Carmelita Geraghty support Mix. “The Man Upstairs,” which will also be shown at the Rialto and Regent Theatres, is the film version of “The Agony Column,” written by Earl Derr Diggers.

Monte Blue is starred in this Roy Del Ruth production, which was adapted to the screen by E. T. Rowe, jm\, and Dorothy Devore plays the leading feminine role. The story concerns the love affair of a young man in search of romance and a girl in search of adventure, which has its beginning in the personal column of a newspaper and which is carried through a tangle of mystery by a thrilling murder.