NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 516, 20 November 1928, Page 15

NEW REGENT

DANCING AND PICTURES A bright and decidedly interesting picture, and several fiije singing and dancing items make this week’s programme at the New Regent into the high standard of entertainment associated with this theatre. The pictorial attraction is a story of the inside working of gaxette cameramen. Neil Hamilton is seen as a young cameraman famed for his daring and enterprise. An unexpected female rival comes on the scene in Bebe Daniels, who proves to be equally intrepid in securing scenes of wrecks, rodeos, fires, baby shows and military parades. The two rivals come up against one another in their efforts to be the first to have scenes of the arrival of an airplane in New York. They both take a stand on the head of the Statue of Liberty.

On another occasion they meet when sent to secure “shots” of a certain Maharajah who intensely dislikes all publicity. Many untoward incidents happen at the garden party, but the girl secures her photos and more. When developed they show an international thief in the act of stealing the Rajah’s jewels. This last incident gives rise to the greatest excitement of all, when the two are in danger of their lives and rescued quite accidentally. The film is full of thrilling incidents and is real entertainment* from first to last.

This week’s Stage Band presentation is in the novel form of a dancing trip round the world. Mr. Maurice Outtridge’s band plays selections typifying every country at which the dancers call, including Spain, America, Holland, Hawaii, China, Scotland, Palestine,, and Russia. China, Spain and Holland were represented by most artistic costumes, but the most brilliant performance was during the stay at Russia, when Mr. Freddie Hodges presented a clever Russian dance. Other items were contributed by Miss Ivy Towe and Mr. Billy Hart. Mr. Maurice Diamond appears as the conductor of the “Round the World Trip.” “WHEEL OF CHANCE” AT ROYAL An unusually powerful story, “The Wheel of Chance,” starring Richard Barthelmess, is now at the Royal Theatre, Kingsland. In “The Wheel of Chance,” the picture version of “Roulette,” there are twin brothers, one black haired and the other red. These two boys are separated by a trick of fate in Russia and 20 years later they meet under very dramatic circumstances in modern New York. Barthelmess plays both roles, one brother a successful and ambitious barrister, the other a poor and ignorant gangster, a murderer on trial for his life. Lina Basquette has tho leading feminine role. “Grip of the Yukon,” a dramatic story of the lust for gold in the hectic early days in Alaska, is the second feature. Neil Hamilton and Francis X. Bushman are the stars. CAPITOL SHOWS “THE PATSY” “How To Attract Men,” in eight reels, might be the title of Marion Davies’s new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, “The Patsy,” which will be screened at the Capitol Theatre this evening. Miss Davies plays the role of a bashful flapper who tries desperately to attract more attention from the man she loves, but who doesn’t know she exists. How she studies “personality” courses to enhance her chances of winning admiration and how she struggles to achieve “poise and polish,” are the cause of gales of laughter in this new and romantic comedy. Opposite Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell gives a splendid performance, and Marie Dressier, Lawrence Gray, Del Henderson and Jane Winton each do excellent work. “Hard Boiled Haggerty,” a thrilling war-time aviation story, starring Milton Sills, will also be shown.

“Avalanche,” the Paramount picture taken from the original story by the world-famed author, Zane Grey, is well advanced in production. The company, headed by Jack Holt,' has been on location for some weeks and preparations are being made for several important scenes at the Paramount studios. Doris Hill and Baclanova have important featured roles.

“Finnegan’s Ball,” which is being released in New Zealand by Universal, is the fourth picture in which Aggie Herring has played the screen mother of Blanche Mehaffey, while Charlie McHugh has been her film father three times. This adoption of the famous stage comedy has this father-mother-daughter combination. Cullen Landis and Mack Swain head its all-stak* cast. James Hogan directed.