REGENT
“SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE” ‘ This Mad World,” which will be shown for two more days a£ the Regent Theatre, is a perfect example of the manner in which great drama can be concentrated between two or three people. There are others In the picture, but the most of your attention is focussed upon Basil Rathbone, playing the spy; Kay Johnson, as a berman princess, and Louise Dresser, mother of the spy. The whole drama takes place between 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. Commencing on Friday, “Seven Keys to Baldpate” will be presented at the Regent Theatre. As the stage play produced on Broadway by George M. Cohan, this fast-moving melodramatic farce was deservedly popular. And now Radio Pictures, through
the miracle of the talking screen, presents “Seven Keys to Baldpate” in a manner that makes it even greater entertainment than the stage play. The embellishments of .the camera, the splendid performances of the star and his supporting cast, the entire resources of a great film studio in
Hollywood, all combine to make it one of the most diverting mystery farces ever shown. Richard Dix is ideally suited for the role of Magee, the novelist, whose visit to the deserted Baldpate Inn brings about the gripping series of adventures. His voice, trained on the stage and in several talking pictures, is expertly recorded.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300903.2.165.21
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1067, 3 September 1930, Page 15
Word Count
223REGENT Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1067, 3 September 1930, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in