NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 921, 14 March 1930, Page 15

NEW REGENT

“THEIR OWN DESIRE” Norma Shearer, looking more beautiful and meticulous than ever in a variety of pyjamas, polo outfits, backless swimming suits, and dance frocks, scores an instantaneous hit in her latest all-talking picture, “Their Own Desire,” which opens at the New Regent Theatre today. There is undoubtedly something about Miss Shearer which sets her apart from her contemporaries on the screen, and accounts for her everincreasing popularity, Besides having the dynamic Miss Shearer as a drawing card, “Their Own Desire” lias good reasons for being considered one of the screen’s best pictures in some time, and these are an unusually appealing young leading man, a corking good plot, and a supporting cast that could not be improved upon. Robert Montgomery, the leading man, strangely enough, has been seen in only two pictures previous to playing the part q f Miss Shearer’s lover, namely ‘“So This is College?” and “Untamed,” in which he played opposite Joan Crawford. But his work in these productions has been of such a calibre as to make it easy to predict an important film career for this young man, who has timed his entrance into pictures at a particularly auspicious moment, for if the screen ever needed capable supporting players for its feminine stars, it certainly does now. As for the second factor, the plot, while it is one of the most original stories ever to be filmed, contains those ingredients of fast action, diverse settings, human motives, and interest and suspense, and climax, which satisfy the fundamental necessities of good drama, keeping the audiences alert in their seats to see what is going to happen next.

Moreover, the story has that glamour of depicting the pleasure scenes of tho wealthier classes, which goes far toward satisfying the appetites of the typical movie-goer, who likes to be taken out of his own environment and given a glimpse of something different. A special programme of talking and

singing- feature ttes will also be presented this evening. The items include a 'talking comedy by Harry Langdon, a singing and dancing revue in colour, introduced by Gus Edwards, harmony and songs by Ed and Lou Miller, also Clyde Doer and his saxophone band.