NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 526, 1 December 1928, Page 15

NEW REGENT

PICTURES, DANCING AND MUSIC The bright Sydney Ballet, which has proved so popular at the New Regent Theatre during the past tew weeks, has adopted a‘ distinctly nautical tone for the performance this week. "On the High Seas” is the title of this .interlude and it is marked with the sariie unrestrained vivacity as previous performances. With a remarkably sustained spirit of enthusiasm, the ballet carries the audience through a succession of hornpipes and other nautical dances, evoking with each item rounds of well-merited applause. The deck of a warship, overtowered by guns, beneath which plays the Regent Orchestra, is the setting, and the costumes and decorations are all of the sea. Miss Stella Lamond adds further laurels to her name by another selection of songs and dances, and new acrobatic dances are given by Freddie Hodges. The musical gems from Mr. Maurice, Guttridge’s players are as delightful as ever. In keeping with the rest of the programme, the big picture, “Just Married,” is a story of life aboard a luxurious passenger ship—or at least, on one particular trip during,which the passenger list included a young American and his fiancee returning to America from Paris, and a little Parisian dancer, who, not a week before, had been left sadly in the lurch by this self-same young American. Naturally there is trouble, and such a series of muddles and mix-ups that is thoroughly enjoyable. Ruth Taylor, Harrison Ford and James Hall live up to their parts as wealthy Americans on a world tour, and Lila Lee is convincing us the hot-tempered little Parisienne. The supporting programme includes gazettes, showing the world’s news up to date, .a cartoon and a comedy, while incidental music for the whole of the pictorial programme is provided by Mr. Maurice Guttridge and his Regent Operatic Orchestra.