NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 772, 19 September 1929, Page 17

NEW REGENT

“THE WILD PARTY” No more ideal play for the animated talents of Miss Clara Bow has ever been chosen than her latest vehicle, j “The Wild Party,” which continues to delight audiences at the New Regent Theatre. “The Wild Party” is a vivacious, fast-moving, all-talking production based on the story by Warner Fabian, famous author of popular novels of the jazz age. There are several real wild parties in the play, and their watchword seems to be, “When better ‘whoopee’ is made, Clara will make it.” The talkie programme also includes a Pathe Sound News, Eddie Cantor in Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolics, and a comedy sketch -by Smith and Dale. Arthur G. Frost plays a number of new selections on the Wurlitzer organ. On Saturday the New Regent will present to Auckland Adolphe Menjou’s first talking picture, wnich is entitled “Fashions in Dove.” Movie-goers have seen liim making love in the silent pictures and will recall that clever pantomime which convulses audiences with laughter; that smart whimsicality which turns the simplest and most natural gestures into highlights of humour; that certainty of touch which marks the true artist. They will probably recall “Serenade,” “The Grand Duchess and the Waiter” or some other of Menjou’s many great hits. In “Fashions in Love,” lie lias all the charm for which thousands love him. His personality is enlivened a hundred-fold by his voice. He makes love, he sings on of Victor Schertzinger’s latest song hits, “Delphine,” he plays the piano. In fact, he displays such a galaxy of new talents that he appears almost another man superimposed on the old, delightfully familiar Menjou. The story was carefully chosen. Victor Schertzinger, the famous directorcomposer, made the picture and two very well-known English actresses play the feminine leads opposite Menjou. “Fashions in Love” has everything that goes to make perfect entertainment for those who appreciate humour of the subtle and more intellectual kind. The new programme will also include new short talkie features and new selections on the Wurlitzer organ. Gertrude Lawrence, supported by a big cast of Broadway stage players, is making her first all-talkie for Paramount, title 4 “.The gay Lady.’-