NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 450, 4 September 1928, Page 15

NEW REGENT

LAST DAYS OF “WINGS” “Wings,” the greatest aviation picture ever made, will be shown again this evening at the New Regent Theatre. “Wings” is an epic of the air, and is filled with momentous incidents. The audience, as spectators, is taken right into the battle, as passengers on one of the figthing airplanes. But “Wings” is bigger than the usual run of war stories, and the decoration of Allied officers, the scenes of the work of French troops and the chivalry of the German aviators takes it above the usual run of the majority qf war and aviation stories. The story of the love of two boys, which runs through the picture, is only equalled by the love of the little girl in the story. The two boys, Jack and David, are aviators, and perform some remarkable exploits in the air. The two heroes are decorated by the French Government. That means leave, and leave means—Paris. Mary Preston, from their own home town, on leave in Paris, too, hears that all airmen are being recalled in readiness for the Big Drive. Tracing Jack to the Folies Bergere, she finds him intoxicated. He does not recognise her, or understand when she tells him he has to go back. Borrowing a dancer’s dress, Mary gets Jack away from the French girl he is with, and takes him to a room to get sober. But when she is changing back into uniform she is caught by military police and sent home in disgrace. The immensity of the theme, the vastness of the action, and the power with which th eabsorbing story is woven, mark the maker of “Wings” as one of the most brilliant directors on the screen. The more exciting air scones in the picture are accompanied by special synchronised sound effects that reproduce the droning of the airplanes and the rat-tat-tat of machine-gun fire. “Knights of the Air.” depicting the growth of aviation, and the authentic film of the Heeney-Tunney fight are also being shown. The musical programme is in the capable hands of Maurice Guttridge and the Regent Operatic Orchestra. “HAWK’S NEST” AT BRITANNIA A story of the loves of an Hungarian prince, entitled “The Yellow Lily,” will be shown at the Britannia Theatre this evening. Billie Dove is the principal actress, and opposite her is Clive Brook, in the role of an Hungarian archduke. - A sensational drama of warfare in the underworld will be the second attraction. This is "The Hawk’s Nest,” starring Milto * Sills.