NEW REGENT
“WINGS” “Wings,” the international epic of the war, will be shown at the New Regent Theatre for the last time tomorrow evening. From every point of view “Wings” is a ' remarkable picture. It abounds with thrilling scenes of aerial warfare, made all the more fascinating by being filmed from airplanes thousands of feet above tlje earth. Some of the most exciting parts are those of fights between squadrons of Allied and German flyers. But “Wing's” is not solely a picture of warfare. The theme is the beautiful one, of the love of two young flyers for one another. Back home they are rivals for the hand of the same girl, but in the military camp they sink their difference. The tragedy of the picture comes when one of these boys kills his friend. Richard Arlen and Charles Rogers portray these roles and Clara Bow has a leading part—that of a little ambulance driver in France. The brilliant little star, Bebe Daniels, plays the lead in the new picture, to be presented *at the Regent on Friday. This is entitled “The FiftyFifty Girl,” and Miss Daniels has given her already famous personality into this new comedy. The theme of “The Fifty-Fifty Girl” is the tale of a modern young woman whose ideas on marriage are a bit out of the ordinary, and who changes her mind considerably when she comes up against the ideas of her leading man. in this case James Hall. The story is set in an old gold-mining town in California, and in the abandoned tunnels of the mine. On Friday, also, the Regent will present Tom Katz’s Saxophone Band, following upon the success of their season in Sydney. This remarkable musical combination has a widely varied repertoire, and features such old favourites as “Lily of Lagoona” and “Tell Me, Pretty but jazz numbers by no means monopolise the selections. Of course the syncopated melodies are right up to the moment. There are also some of the more widelyknown popular melodies. An excellent supporting programme is promised and music will be provided as usual by the Regent Operatic Orchestra under Mr. Maurice Guttridge.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 451, 5 September 1928, Page 15
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357NEW REGENT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 451, 5 September 1928, Page 15
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