NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1013, 2 July 1930, Page 14

NEW REGENT

“THE VAGABOND KING” Only two more days remain thel showing at the New Regent Theatre j of “The Vagabond Iving,” the glorious ; all-talking, singing, and all-colour j production. The period of the plot is 1463. the ; 1 late middle ages. Louix XI.. played ! by O. P. Ileggie, is the weakling Icing ! of France, besieged at Paris by the Burgundy Army. By a quirk of fate, Dennis King becomes sovereign for a week. It is during this brief reign that he meets Louis’ niece, the Princess Katherine (played by Jeanette MacDonald), and falls in love with her. On Friday an entirely new programme will be presented, headed by “Honey,” starring the bewitching little Irish star, Nancy Carroll, in a charming romantic story. In “Honey,” which is based on the famous stage success, “Come Out of the Kitchen,” Nancy plays the part of the southern belle who is forced to rent her paternal estate to a group or visiting Easterners to save it from mortgage debts. A defection in the ranks of the family servants makes it incumbent upon Nancy to assume the role of a cook, with the added quality of an j Irish brogue, to give the deception greater force. Miss Carroll never does j anything by halves, and it is there- ] fore only to be expected that her per- • formance is first-rate. The supporting cast will include ? “Sheets” Gallagher. Lillian Roth, Harry I Green, and Zasu Pitts. BRITANNIA, THREE LAMPS There is no question about the entertainment value of the all-British talking, sound and dialogue picture. “High Treason,” which is now at the Britannia Theatre. It is the most ambitious picture yet made in England. and the effort to portray life in 1 i)4O has been effected with great j imagination and ingenuity. ORPHEUS, OTAHUHU “The Singing Fool” is the new ] talkie to be shown at the Orpheus t Theatre, Otahuhu, for a short season ■ commencing tonight. This is the first I talkie to make a big success in Auck- ! land, and is a tale of New York night life, introducing the famous enter- ‘ tainer, AI Jolson. Jolson sings a number of songs which have become famous, such as “Sonny Boy” and i “There’s a Rainbow Round My Shoul- » der.” Bright talkie supports are also being j shown. On Friday and Saturday of this week j the Orpheus will present “Paris,” a 1 particularly gay picture, made partly ? in technicolour, and presenting the well-known singer of Paris and London, Irene Bordoni. PLAZA AND TIVOLI “TEMPLE TOWER” Modern audiences are proving their 1 appreciation of novelty by the record attendance at “Temple Tower,” at both j the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres, where this Fox Movietone feature is now j showing. Kenneth Mac Kenna as “Bulldog ; Drummond.” Marceline Day and Henrv ! B. Walthall head the well chosen cast which Donald Gallaher directed. Both theatres are showing good supporting programmes. At the Plaza the second feature is “The Three Godfathers.” a great Western story based on Peter B. Kyne’s novel. At Tivoli the second feature is “Sweetie,” a charming romance starring Nancy Carroll. VICTORIA, DEVONPORT “The Dance of Life,” the current attraction at the Victoria Theatre, is an entertaining tale of stage life replete with many new songs, and with spectacular. sequences in technicolour. Full talkie supports axe also being shown.