NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 851, 20 December 1929, Page 17

NEW REGENT

“THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY” “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney,” coming this evening to the New Regent Theatre, has been heralded by leading trade critics as the most finished alltalking picture to reach the screen. Besides being a perfect vehicle for Norma Shearer, every factor of good entertainment is triumphantly presented —story, star, cast and production. Technically the picture is a revelation. It may be added that with a single exception (Hedda Hopper) every member of the distinguished cast is British born, thus interpreting the characterisation of the story with thoroughness. The story commences when Lord Dilling, who has a determined way with women, is kindled to overwhelming

passion by the frigid aloofness of the beautiful Mrs. Cheyney, with whom he strikes up an acquaintanceship at a London social bazaar. By spying upon the talented and charming M r s. Cheyney, Dilling makes the discovery that she is a society crook,

working as an in- ,Murrr,t ‘ side accomplice for Charles, her suave butler. Angered and elated at the same time, Dilling invades her boudoir after guests have retired in the mansion of the wealthy Mrs. Webley, hostess at a fashionable week-end party. Dilling warns her that he will expose her if she makes an outcry. She replies by ringing an alarm. Other special attractions will be presented, the chief of which is the welcome reappearance here of Jack Lumsdaine, the famous “whispering baritone.”