NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 627, 2 April 1929, Page 15

NEW REGENT

PICTURES AND VAUDEVILLE The militaristic spirit which encompassed Europe in those hectic days preceding the Word War lives again in the gripping theme of “The Mysterious Lady,” a Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer starring picture for Greta Garbo, which is still the chief attraction at the New Regent Theatre. Greta Garbo, as a beautiful Russian spy, is aided in sustaining the romance woven through this spectacular story of the battle of wits between the secret services of rival nations by Conrad Nagel, who plays as a dashing Austrian cavalry officer, Although the trend of “The Mysterious Lady” is miltary, and the prelude to the Great War is its background, the plot is motivated by the love and suffering of a beautiful woman, forced to choose between ennobling love and the vilest, of duties. A tense air of conflict pervades the film, lending drama to every scene. This tensity of drama and situation provides an excellent setting for Miss Garbo’s enchanting beauty and collected acting. She attains a screen triumph that surpasses anything she has ever done before. The members of the cast whose work is especially notable are Gustav von Seyffertitz, Edward Connelly, Richard Alexander and Albert Pollet. “Gautiers Dogs” provide one of the best vaudeville acts seen in Auckland for some time. The dogs are dressed as workmen and toil on the scaffolding of a building in erection, taking up bricks, working lifts, and so om New music is provided by the Regent Operatic Orchestra under the baton of Mr. Maurice Guttridge.