SPRING WEEK

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 142, 6 September 1927, Page 14

SPRING WEEK

NOVEL SEASON AT NEW REGENT Such wonderful success has attended “Joy and Jazz” Week at the New Regent Theatre this week that the management has decided to go one better, commencing on Friday next, and usher in the year’s most fanciful season with a “Spring Week.” It promises to be as fascinating as its title. For the event, special spring pictures and music has been chosen, the principal film being “Let It Rain,” a Paramount comedy with Douglas Maclean that belies its name. “Let It Rain” presents a deluge of laughter, a storm of fun, and hurricanes of mirth. It tells of a young marine on an American battleship, whose fancies in the spring, like those of countless other young fellows, lightly turn to thoughts of love. He has a snag, however, in another sailor, upon whom spring has a similar effect. The trouble is that the girl in both cases is the same one. Caught fighting by an officer, the two deadly rivals are ordered to shake hands every time they meet, which does not sound such terrible punishment, but if you can imagine our young marine being met, just as he is about to propose, by his enemy, who insists upon shaking hands for 20 minutes—well . The story never flags and will be offered as one of the most genuinely funny comedies shown in Auckland for a long time. The girl in the case is dainty Shirley Mason. The special stage and musical presentations will be in the form of a spring fantasy. Marie Lawton, the wonderful harpist and vocalist, whose act is one of the most popular and charming on the J. C. Williamson Celebrity Vaudeville Circuit, will feature among her numbers the appropriate hit, “Blue Skies.” Music representing a storm and fury of the elements will be played on the Wurlitzer by Eddie Horton, following which, to the accompaniment of light and airy music by the new Operatic Orchestra, with Maurice Guttridge as director, a spring ballet will herald the coming of the season, the two sections, storm and calm, being in deep contrast and superbly carried out with full mechanical and lighting effects on the stage. The premiere danseuse will be Miss Bettina Edwards and the ballet will comprise the pupils of Miss Cecil Hall, who won first prize at the recent competitions for their beautiful “Ballet Romantique.” Among the numbers featured by Mr. Guttridge and the Operatic Orchestra will be Mendelssohn’s “Spring Song” and Sinding’s Rustle of Spring.” All the supporting pictures will be chosen for their suitability for this most attractive week. The box plan for the season is available at the theatre, phone 46-888.