NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 951, 19 April 1930, Page 14

NEW REGENT

“DYNAMITE” "Dynamite,” Cecil B. De Mille’s fiftyninth production, marks a return for the producer to the exotic, luxurious sets and gowns which made his reputation in such pictures as "Manslaughter,” "Malb and Female,” and “Why Change Your Wife?” The new picture will play at the New Regent Theatre, starting today. “After the costumes and differing customs of “The Volga Boatman,” "King of Kings,” and “The Ten Commandments,” De Mille comes back to bathrooms, boudoirs, smart women and clever men in his newest story from the pen of Jeanie MacPherson. “Dynamite,” a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talking picture, abounds with enterraining situations. ' ;iq Th* hectic gaiety ot* ten pretty girls in n •, R n< l1 _ the foreign novelty, Cecil B. De Mille aero-wheels, is said to be one of the most striking sequences ever put into a motion picture. Ten of Hollywood’s prettiest roll head-Over-heels in the huge hoops to which their feet are fastened. Not the least interesting feature of this particular sequence is that it is the first scene ever taken where characters talk upside down! Famous people of the - stage and screen are equally divided in the cast of this first De Mille production for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Charles Bickford and Kay Johnson have been the beau and belle of New Y r ork’s Broadway for years; while Conrad Nagel and Julia Faye need no introduction to picture-goers. Other players in the production include Joel McCrea, Muriel McCormac, Robert Edeson, Tyler Brooke, Leslie Fenton, Barton Hepburn and Ernest Hilliard. Mr. De Mille’s production staff was brought to M.-G.-M. intact for the making of “Dynamite,” and all of his future productions. Peverell Marley, cinematographer of “King of Kings,” was in charge of the photography, while Mitchell Leisen acted as art and assistant director. At the New Regent Theatre this evening a specially selected programme of shorter talkie featurettes will also be presented.