JOY AND JAZZ WEEK

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 138, 1 September 1927, Page 17

JOY AND JAZZ WEEK

REGENT TO-MORROW Glorious, goldgn Gilda Gray, the dancing rage of the world; Tilton and West in “the joy boys,” in the fashion plate act of vaudeville; Maurice Guttridge and the Regent’s superb new operatic orchestra in jazz hits on the stage; Eddie Horton in joy and jazz at the Wurlitzer; the Regent ballroom band augmenting the musical side of the bill; gay supports—all these and more, are to be offered at the Regent, commencing to-morrow, when “Joy Jazz Week” will be ushered in with all the care-free spirit of carnival. The special week promises to be one of the jolliest theatrical events Auckland has seen. Pictures, vaudeville and music have all been chosen for their suitability for this one glad, glorious week of unrestrained fun, “Cabaret.” tlie • long-awaited Paramount film, starring Gilda Gray, even more alluring than she was in “Aloma of the South Seas,” heads the picture portion of the bill. “Cabaret” is a i story of the gaiety and heart-throbs behind Broadway’s tinselled smile, and in it there are some wonderful scenes, including those in which Gilda performs her most exotic dances. Many incidents take place in an actual metropolitan night Tom Moore club. Not merely the blinking marquee in front or the crowded dance floor, but the whole place. By means of a camera one is taken backstage, into the dressingrooms and even meets a bevy of chorus beauties. But there’s much more to it than a colourful background. “Cabaret” is possessed of a powerful dramatic plot. Gloria’s brother, Andy, has become involved with Sam Roberts’s questionable gang. Wishing to free the boy from his mysterious influence, Gloria receives Roberts in her dress-ing-room. After paying the five hundred dollars he demands, she shows him the door, only to be intercepted by an impetuous avowal of love. As she fights to free herself Andy pokes his head in. Sensing the situation, he grabs Roberts and knocks him down. The latter shoots, wounding Andy. Forgetting himself, desiring only to “get” this human fiend, the boy takes out a gun and fires blindly. What happens?

Tom Moore enacts Gilda’s detective sweetheart. Chester Conklin is her father. Robert G. Vignola directed ‘‘Cabaret.” Tilton and West have a sparkling act, and will feature ‘'Best Looking Girls get Best Looking Men," “Mama’s Gone Young, Papa’s Gone Old.” “Oh Sole, Oil Me,” and others. Eddie Horton will play "Honolulu Moon,” “Song of the Wanderer” and “Suite D’Amour.” On the stage the Xevv Operatic Orchestra, under the baton of Maurice Guttridge, and specially augmented by the Regent’s Ballroom Band, will demonstrate how “Me too,” “I'd Climb the Highest Mountain,” “The Storm,” and other hits should be played. Patrons are advised

to book now at the theatre, phone 46-SSS.

Among the well known ring celebrities who watched George O’Brien in his three cinema lights in “Is Zat So?” were Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey, Billy Gibson, James J. Jeffries and Tom Sharkey. Alfred Green directed the Fox picture.

The national costumes of many countries are shown in the “Madame Rosa” sequence of the Paramount forthcoming big picture “The Wedding March,” just completed, with Erich von Stroheim both as star and director. Beautiful girls in the costumes of France, Belgium, Holland, Scotland, Spain, Mexico, Hawaii and many other lands appear in the production.