NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 142, 6 September 1927, Page 15

NEW REGENT

“JOY AND JAZZ” HOLDS SWAY Again last evening the New Regent Theatre was packed with an enthusiastic audience attracted by the host of sparkling offerings being presented during the jolly “Joy and Jazz Week,” and the booking shows clearly that the week will end as one of the most successful -in the history of the “theatre magnificent.” The colourful Para.mount special attraction “Cabaret,” a story of night club life in New York, is a splendid film for the season. It stars Gilda Gray, Golden Girl of Broadway, who is known as the dancing rage of the world. Audiences are taken behind the scenes of one of the Great White Way’s most brilliant cabarets, in which most of the action takes place. Against the tinselled scenes of revelry is told a gripping story in which the beautiful dancer fights for the life of her brother, accused of the murder of a rogue. Tom Moore appears as the hero in the role of a detective in love with the dancer, and the old favourite, Chester Conklin, has a wonderful role as the father of th€i girl. The special presentation of “Jazzmania” on the stage was again given a thunderous reception last evening. In a riot of colour, the New Operatic Orchestra, specially augmented by the Regent Ballroom Band and with Maurice Guttridge infusing enthusiasm into his players, himself playing the banjo one minute, the piano the next, a spirited rendering of the latest jazz hits worked the audience to a remarkable demonstration of enthusiasm. Tilton and West, the “Joy Boys” of vaudeville, were given a great reception at the end of their bright, act of song and patter. As fpr Eddie Horton in joy and jazz at the Wurlitzer, he was encored again and again, and finally left the instrument with his enthusiasts clamouring for more. Especially popular is his new feature, “Honolulu Moon.” All the supporting features are appropriate, the whole programme being one of the brightest entertainments Auckland has been offered for some time. In view of the big demand still being made for seats, patrons are advised to book without delay.