NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 429, 10 August 1928, Page 15

NEW REGENT

DOROTHY GISH IN “TIP-TOES” A picture adapted from an immensely successful musical comedy will be shown at the New Regent Theatre for the first time this evening. This is “Tip-Toes.” which has been made in England by British National Pictures, Ltd., but stars as the leading player Miss Dorothy Gish, one of the most popular American screen artists. With her are Will Rogers and Nelson Keys, both well-known actors. The story tells how A 1 and Hen, third-rate vaudevillians, are deadbroke in London. They plot to marry Tip-Toes, their pretty dancing partner, to the wealth and title of one Lord William Montgomery, an innocent lordling, who falls in love with her. But vaudeville manners and backstage slang soon arouse the objections of his lordship’s aristocratic family. International social relations crack! Gaol threatens! “The Three Kayes” plan one last fling—then their getaway! The night of the party, Lord William’s yacht seems to A 1 and Hen to float in a sea of champagne. When the gaiety reaches its climax Lord Bill suddenly denounces “Tip-Toes.” The truth is out, the jig is up! But “TipToes” loves truly by this time. She manages to convince his lordship of her love. That changes their whole lives.

do not yet seem to have gauged the A second comedy attraction will be provided this evening, this time by the two comedians, Chester Conklin and W. C. Fields, who will appear in “Fools for Luck.”

Surprises come almost as fast as the laughs that ripple their way throughout the highly amusing and entertaining story. Fields plays the part of the smooth oil stock promoter who comes to the small town expecting to clean up a fortune by th e sale of worthless oil stock. Chester Conklin is the big man in the little town who puts a spoke in the wheels of Fields’s progress. On the stage, Meazza and Adrienne, the two accomplished dancers who have delighted audiences during the past week, will give a new series of creations. They combine elegance, artistry and their dances prove a nightly thrill. The musical programme will as usual be in the hands of the Regent Operatic Orchestra and Mr. Maurice Guttridge.