NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 474, 2 October 1928, Page 15

NEW REGENT

“HIS TIGER LADY” The celebrated French author, Alfred Savoir, has again given Adolph* Menjou an opportunity to rise to greater histrionic heights. “His Tiger Lady,” which is an adaptation from the author’s “Super of the Gaiety,” is Menjou’s starring picture and is now being shown at the New Regent Theatre.

Menjou plays' the role of an extra man of the Folies Bergere, Paris, whose street wardrobe consists of an old blue shiny suit, which is ruined through a practical joke of his colleagues backstage. He woos and wins a wealthy woman after dressing ip his stage costume, that of a maharajah, which he wears while “acting’ in the Folies. His act consists of sitting majestically atop of an elephant in the opeifing scene of the bizarre French show. Known as “The Tiger Lady,” this woman demands that her suitors a tiger’s den to retrieve her gloye. Henri agrees to do this, but fortunately for him the tiger has died, and he wins the hand of this remarkable lady.

Henri, however, now seeing she loves only the man whom she "thinks he is, and not really what he is, tells her that the tiger was- dead. She disbelieves him. He also tells her he is only an actor, and not deserving of her love with her station in life. She also disbelieves this, but the next day Henri at a rehearsal sees a new girl in the chorus, and she is revealed as tho “Tiger Lady.” Having lowered herself to his level, there is nothing left for them to do but accept each other, which they do.

Harmston’s Cockatoos provide an enjoyable 20 minutes' entertainment. These feathered actors are wonderfully versatile. One bird turns somersaults, another waltzes, two more perform gymnastic feats on parallel bars, and yet. another plays simple tunes. The most applauded bird is “The Colonel,” who answers requests for numbers by ringing a small bell. A short coloured feature, dealing with the lives of Anthony and Cleopatra, completes the programme. The musical side is again in the capable hands of Mr. Maurice Guttridge.