NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 181, 21 October 1927, Page 15

NEW REGENT

“THE FLAG LIEUTENANT”

An additional attraction at the New Regent Theatre to-night to celebrate the great anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar is the film of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, from early babyhood to the present day, giving insights into the little Royal baby nursed by his great grandmother, Queen Victoria. The wonderful ceremony of his investure in Carnarvon Castle as Prince of Wales, the Prince at sport, entertaining and at work are all shown. A private and composite record of 33 years of the “best known and most travelled young man in the world,” Edward Windsor, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Preceding the screening of “The Flag Lieutenant” will be a grand and spectacular prologue featuring Colin Crane in the characterisations of an old salt and British naval officer. Mr. Crane will sing “Go to Sea” and “Death of Nelson.” Miss Cecil Hall’s prize ballet will support Mr. Crane, the solo dansense being Miss Jsobelle Brooks. There is also spectacular finale which should stir the soul of every Britisher when following the firing of the cannons there appears through the smoke a vision of Lord Nelson himself. “The Flag Lieutenant” boasts of an Australian actress in the cast. She is Dorothy Seacombe, who is well known on the Australian stage. She plays the part of Mrs. Cameron, a pretty young widow in the picture, which has been produced with the wholehearted support of the British Admiralty. Dick Lascelles, flag lieutenant, R.N., is in love with Sybil Wynne, daughter of his admiral. His friend, Major Thesiger, Royal Marines, is enamoured of a Mrs. Cameron, a wealthy widow, but is too shy to declare his affection. Both men are detailed to the assistance of a military outpost' which has been suddenly attacked. The fort is finally saved through the heroism of Lascelles, who, unknown to anyone, carries out a scheme of Thesiger’s who is wounded in the attempt, losing his memory. Lascelles is missed and Thesiger is hailed as the real hero, and Dick refuses to disclose his part in the affair, swearing to secrecy the naval doctor, who was the only other man aware of it. Even when disgrace threatens, he refuses to tell, but through Mrs. Cameron, now Thesiger’s wife, the truth is disclosed to all except Thesiger. Henry Edwards, Fred Raynham and Lilian Oldland are the other players. Mr. Maurice Guttridge has arranged special music to be played by his Operatic Orchestra throughout the picture and the entracte, “Freedom’s Flag,” has also been specially arranged by Mr. Guttridge. M.r. Eddie Horton at the Mighty Wurlitzer will render “Land of Hope and Glory.” “Chang,” Paramount’s film epic of the Siamese jungle, is an extraordinary combination of melodramatic thrill with the wild, almost deadly beauty of the primitive. In theme it is vital and irresistible. And in action, too, it moves along with a swing and tempo straight to its dramatic goal. Five hundred native hunters, four hundred elephants, tigers, leopards, pythons and other denizens of the wild appear in the picture.