NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 807, 30 October 1929, Page 17

NEW REGENT

“NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH”

Cinemaf- lovers are enjoying the delightful film story, “Nothing But the Truth,” at the New Regent Theatre. It is also notable because it is the first talkie made by the popular film actor, Richard Dix.

In it Richard Dix shows that the years that he spent on the stage are standing him in good stead in these days of the talking pictures. tie walks through his characterisation in a manner that delights evervone. Surrounding the star there is an excellent cast, every member of which gives a good consistent performance. Dorothy Hall, an ingenue from the stage, plays opposite the star, and proves to be most appealing. She is a blonde beauty and she and Dix appear to be splendidly matched. Helen Kane, a singing comedienne, also appears. Louis John Bartels and Ned Sparks, together with Berton Churchill, were the comedy trio who make life miserable for the star by compelling him to tell the truth for 24 hours, while Helen Kane and Wynne Gibson, as a couple of cabaret entertainers, looking for an angel to back their musical comedy; are a scream. An excellent selection of short talking and singing featurettes is to be presented on the programme, and includes Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony,” a talking comedy and a sound gazette. Mr. Arthur G. Frost is heard on the Wurlitzer organ. A genuine taste of the real life of a circus performer was provided for Clara Bow in. her latest all-talking Paramount release, “Dangerous Curves,” which comes to the Ikegent on Saturday next. Miss Bow moved her dressing headquarters to “Clown Alley,” which is circus argot for the space between the trunks in the clown tent. She plays the part of an equestrienne and a female clown in the production. An entire circus unit of 200 performers and “big top” employees was used in the sequence of the picture. Richard Arlcn is Miss Bow’s leading man in the picture. He appears as a tight-rope walker.