NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 195, 7 November 1927, Page 15

NEW REGENT

“TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS” Laughs, chuckles and a few wrenches at the old heart strings are to be found in Esther Ralston’s latest starring vehicle for Paramount “Ten Modern Commandments,” now being shown at the New Regent Theatre. The story is delightful. Esther Ralston appears as the beautiful theatrical boarding-house maid, a child of the stage, who refuses to get behind the footlights. She has a different thought, however, when her sweetheart, capably played by handsome Neil Hamilton, can’t sell his songs. Esther goes on the stage; sells Neil’s songs and, in fact, accomplishes all she set out to do through the help of “Ten Modern Commandments” which are shown her by members of the chorus. Never before has Miss Ralston appeared to better advantage. In “Old Ironsides” she was beautiful; in “Children of Livorce” she was charming; in “Fashions for Women” she was vivacious, and now, in “Ten Modern Commandments” she combines the three, retaining the best features of all. The supporting cast is excellent. Neil Hamilton of “Beau Geste” fame, plays up to his usual high standard as the young composer. Arthur Hoyt, Maude Truax, Romaine Fielding, Jocelyn Lee, Rose Burdick and Roscoe Karns are immense. Vaughn, described as the King of Syncopation, appears on the stage in a brilliant programme of xylophone numbers.