NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 126, 18 August 1927, Page 17

NEW REGENT

“EVENING CLOTHES” Louise Brooks, the brunette beauty from Wichita, Kansas, who has been making such a phenomenal sensation

since her abandonment of the( stage for the screen, in “Evening Clothes,” to be shown at the New Regent to-morrow, once more plays with the star with whom she played her first featured part in “A Social Celebrity.” Miss Brooks entered films with a small part in “The

Street of Forgotten Men.” But before her appearance on the screen, she had attracted considerable attention as a dancer in George White’s “Scandals,” at London’s Cafe de Paris, and in some of Florenz Ziegfeld’s productions. Her work in “The Street of Forgotten Men” earned her a part in “The American Venus,” where she made such a distinct hit as Miss Bayshore that she was signed to a long term Paramount contract. Her first featured role in “A Social Celebrity” followed, and then she played opposite W. C. Fields in “It’s the Old Army Game.” Her part as Janie Walsh in “Love ’em and Leave ’em” earned her further laurels. Her role in “Evening Clothes” calls for the characterisation of Fox Trot, a pretty habituee of Paris night clubs and cafes. And Louise scores again with the pert sauciness that has won her the commendation of critics all over the country. She sacrifices the distinctive bob that marked her appearance in the previous pictures, and wears her hair in a cluster of curls after the “frizzing” fashion of ten years ago. But she’s still the Louise of the brown eyes, the figure of a venus, vivid personality and true dramatic ability.