NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 878, 23 January 1930, Page 14

NEW REGENT

“THE VIRGINIAN” As befits the greatest outdoor «n. taclo classic of film history vSr' Fleming, a genius in that field £ motion picture production, was rw as the man to direct “The Vlr*tn2?! which comes to the New RioZ. ■ Theatre today. Fleming is remembered as tk director of "Abie’s Irish Rose ' -nT Way of All Flesh,” "Wolf -Sone-T,! many outdoor scenics. * no Gary Cooper, the handsome youth from the Montana ranches who 6e climb to n heights of film suecess has been both rapid and sens-, tional, will be BOr& and heard in tho tiUe role. h ls first full-dia-logue part. WalieHuston, veteran of the Broadway stage, will be Trampas, the vii- _ lain of the nl*v Richard Arlen and Mary Brian hUi leading supporting roles. “The Virginian” is based on the novel by the same name, written by Owen Wister in the 80’s, and known to this day as one of the greatest of America’s literary classics. Wister and Kirk La Shell© then transcribed . the novel into a play which later became one of the enduring favourites of the American and European stages, The part of the Virginian, the hSerole in the play, was established by Dustin Farnum in New York yurs ago. Since then many other prominent actors have appeared in the sape rolo with great success. The medium of the all-talking ticntai brings the famous classic to of showgoers in a new and more realistic dressing. Under the tion of Fleming the picture was Unud and “miked” in the great outdoors of California’s cattle range country in Sonoro County. All the gripping sounds, all the spectacular sesntty, ] will be brought together in a reads* tic plot fabric, rich in comedy-dia-logue, action, cowboy-singing and high romance, when “The Virginian” shows at the New Regent Theatre. A specially selected programme of short talkie features will also be presented. Chief among these is a talking comedy-sketch, “Her Husband's Woman.” and a musical cartoon, ‘Yankee Doodle.” A Path© Sound News and Audio Review complete the programme.