NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 249, 11 January 1928, Page 13

NEW REGENT

“BARBED WIRE” The 'war from the human angle, not as the guns saw it, not as the soldiers in the trenches gazed upon it stark-eyed. Such a story is presented in the remarkable Paramount motion picture, “Barbed Wire,” which will be shown for two more days at the New Regent Theatre. This new Pola Negri starring vehicle has met. with nothing short of an ovation everywhere it has been shown; critics and audiences hail it as the greatest thing that the exotic Polish star has ever done; greater even than “Hotel Imperial,” her recent sensational hit. One of the funniest comedies yet seen on the screen is being shown this week, called “The Monkey Farm.” It is a Fox film introducing More and Moritz who, with their partner Akka, will be seen in person on the stage of the Regent very shortly. The clever work of these monkeys and the amazing antics they get up to, keep the audience in one long scream cf laughter. Night after night this comedy receives an enthusiastic round of applause, a most unusual thing for a comedy. The supporting programme includes an interesting gazette and a travelogue showing pearl fishing in Western Australia.

Miss Marie Bremner, understudy to Miss Harriet Bennet in “Rose Marie,” is appearing afternoons and evenings, and is receiving a wonderful reception. Her rendering of that delightful number, “Danny Boy,” written to “The Londonderry Air,” and “The Flower Song” from “Lilac Time,” is a most charming exposition and brings the house down at every performance. In his latest Paramount comedydrama. “Service for Ladies,” arriving at the New Regent Theatre on Friday, Adolphe Menjou introduces a new leading woman in th© person of Kathryn Carver. While Miss Carver isn’t exactly new to films, this is her first big opportunity. According to critics who have seen her work, she is achieving definite laurels for herself, indicative of the further successes so many Menjou heroines have won in the past. Her features attracted the attention of Paramount executives several years ago, and she was sought out for a role in “The Wanderer,” playing Naomi. Came other film engagements, each a definite part. Then Adolphe Menjou became interested, and urged her selection as leading woman in “Service for Ladies.” At his instigation, a screen test was made, and Miss Carver was approved by B. P. Schulberg, associate producer in executive charge of the West Coast studio, as leading woman for Adolphe*s current picture. Charles Lane and Lawrence Grant also have important roles in the production. Others in th© cast are Sally Blane, Marian Ivy Harris and Lotus Thompson. H. D’Abbadie D’Arrast directed from an original screen story, written by Ernest Vajda, and adapted by Chandler Sprague.