NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 403, 11 July 1928, Page 15

NEW REGENT

SEA NYMPHS AND BEBE DANIELS A picture of charm, comedy, and excitement is “Feel My Pulse,” which is now being: shown at the New Regent Theatre, with vivacious Bebe Daniels in the leading role. Miss Daniels plays the role of a beautiful girl who has been brought up with the idea that she is a frail

thing, when in reality there is nothing the matter with her. She visits a sanitarium left her by an uncle, a health crank, and finds it in possession of a bootlegging gang. Her exploits from that moment on never fail to get

a string of laughs, and the rousing climax had the audience last night in convulsions. In the fight, Bebe realises that she is not the invalid she supposed she was, but that she is really a healthy girl. Her uncles, MacDowell and Irving, now worried frantic about the girl’s health and safety, arrive at the sanatorium. MacDowell’s fears are banished, however, when he finds that Bebe has her health back, is holding the rum-runners as prisoners, and has picked up a fiancee in Arlen, who turns out to be a novelist. A most remarkable vaudeville turn is also provided at the Theatre in Captain Winston’s sea lions and diving nymphs. The girls dive around in a large tank of cold water on the stage for several minutes each night, with sleek, chilly sea lions for company. Few people have any idea of the fortitude and endurance of the diving girls who accompany Captain Winston and his water lions. The girls would be good candidates for the Olympiad in the diving section. The sea lions are comedians, jugglers, and miscellangous entertainers when out of the tank. Suitable incidental music for all the entertainment is provided by the Regent Operatic Orchestra, under Mr. Maurice Guttridge. Commencing on Friday next there will be shown the latest Richard Dix picture, entitled “Sporting Goods." Dix will be seen as a traveller selling patent golf suits, whose suits were not a success, and, if that was not enough, he was mistaken for a millionaire. Ford Sterling, another well known comedian, is in the same film, and a strong cast of others.