NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 609, 11 March 1929, Page 15

NEW REGENT

“THE BUSHRANGER” Another enjoyable programme is being shown at the New Regent Theatre this week, headed by a vivid romance of Australia’s early days, entitled “The Bushranger.” This is the first all-Australian motion picture produced abroad, and its fidelity to local history is guaranteed by the fact that “Snowy” Baker and James J. Warwick headed a select party of Australians who acted as technical assistants to the director. The story opens in England, but Van Diemen’s Band rapidly becomes the locale, followed by Ballarat and the adjacent country in the sequence, where McCoy, having escaped from the convict settlement, became a notorious bushranger to find breath-catching thrills, high adventure, romance and love in the Australian bush, and ail this absorbing action is unfolded in typically Australian country. Marion Douglas, herself an Australian, plays the principal feminine role opposite the star, while Dale Austin, “Miss New Zealand, 1927,” lias the other feminine role, and both girls interpret their parts with the utmost skill. Frank Baker, brother of the famous Australian sportsman, “Snowy” Baker, also appears in the cast, with Russell Simpson and other screen favourites. The second picture on the programme is a gay comedy, a satire on modern marriage, entitled “Baby Cyclone.” The story tells of the unhappiness caused in two families by the preference of the two wives for a lap-dog known as “Cyclone.” Those clever comedy players. Aileen Pringle and Bew Cody, have the leading roles. Manual Hymans, recently leader of tiie orchestra at the Ambassadors Cabaret, Sydney, appears on the stage in a novel vaudeville act. as the jazzing violinist, and Mr. Maurice Guttridge’s Orchestra plays new selections throughout.