NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 667, 20 May 1929, Page 15

NEW REGENT

“THE SHOPWORN ANGEL” Two important Paramount featured players, Gary Cooper and ‘Nancy Carroll, were assigned to Richard Wallace’s direction when the well-known director of “McFadden’s Flats” undertook his first directorial work for Paramount. These three worked together, with Paul Lukas in an important role, in making “The Shopworn Angel,” a talking picture, which will be presented at the New Regent Theatre for the first time this evening. Wallace directed several important pictures before he was taken over by

Paramount for “The Shopworn Angel.” Besides the picture which won him his greatest fame, “McFadden’s Flats,” he is credited with such successes as “The Poor Nut” and “Lady be Good.” His excellent work in “The Shopworn Angel,” * won him unstinted praise

from moving picture experts in llollj'wood. “The Shopworn Angel” is a story of boy and girl love. The boy, played by Gary Cooper, whose initial success was registered with “The Legion of the Condemned,” falls in love with a flashing little person (the role played by Nancy Carroll), who is delighting some of the more sophisticated of the Broadway play-boys. When she realises the love of this boy, poor, bashful and countrified, she attempts to reform her life in order to be worthy of him. She finds this difficult, however, and a pathetic drama is enacted. Wallace had a great deal of good material to work with in making “The Shopworn Angel,” not the least of which was the excellent story adapted from an original by Dana Burnet, wellknown magazine writer. In this production Nancy Carroll sings the popular theme song, “A Precious Little Thing Called Love,” and many of the scenes are in dialogue with a brilliant musical score. PAT HANNA’S “DIGGERS” AT ST. JAMES NEXT SATURDAY Pat Hanna’s famous “Diggers” are still going strong and will pay a brief visit to Auckland, comencing next Saturday at the St. James Theatre. The company now includes 25 artists and presents a revue show of unusual brilliance, full of music and mirth. Pat Hanna’s “Diggers” have long been known throughout Australia and New Zealand as the best show of its kind, and the company is assured of a warm welcome next Saturday.