NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 698, 25 June 1929, Page 15

NEW REGENT

“INTERFERENCE” Four popular screen players have equally important parts in Paramount’s all-dialogue version of “Interference,” which is the current attraction at the New Regent Theatre. They are Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, and Baris Kenyon. “Interference,” when presented on the stage, was acclaimed as a sensa - tional hit both in London, where it ran for two years, and in New York, where it held the boards for nine months, Roland Pertwee and Harold Bearden collaborated in writing the play, which has been adapted as a’ talkie with singular success. All of the four players mentioned are favourably known to film fans for their capable performances in the past. W illiam Powell, the suave villain, steps up a notcli in this picture. While portraying the part of a rogue, Powell’s part gains the sympathy of the audience. Clive Brook portrays the role of a famous English surgeon, and, being English himself, fills his role in a convincing manner. Evelyn Brent is cast as a revenging young lady, who fails to recapture the love of Powell. Boris Kenyon is harassed throughout the picture until Powell finds a way out for her. The method he employs to gain this end furnishes exceptionally fine drama. Lothar Mendes directed this production. The splendid talking supporting programme includes items by Eddie Cantor, comedian; a lecturette on “It” by Eleanor Glyn; and an amusing sketch in which all the players carry on a conversation by means of one word.

Robert Ober, famous stage actor and director, has been assigned the direction of “Casualties,” one-act play by Martin Flavin, which was recently acquired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ober ts also playing the leading male role in this film, with Mary Doran in the feminine lead.