THE REGENT.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1938, Page 2

THE REGENT.

TWO BIG ATTRACTIONS “The Lady Fights Back” and “Carnival Queen” will conclude their season at the Regent Theatre to-night at 8 o’clock. Reserves at W. G. Perry’s, 'phone 2496. CUBING TO MORROW “MAYYSME” Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy are said to surpass even the triumphs in “Naughty Marietta” ana “Rose Marie” in “Maytime,” which comes to the Regent Theatre to-mor-row, when it will be shown at 2.15 p.m. and 8 p.m. The famous song hit of the original stage play, “Sweetheart, Will Your Remember?” was retained for the film version, with the remainder of the music divided between the sentimental and operatic. Miss MacDonald sings two complete operatic arias and portions of others. Eddy has three novelty songs, “Students’ Drinking Song,” “Vive, L’Opera” and “Virginia Ham and Eggs.” All are done with chorus, with the last number sung through the streets of Paris with hundreds of singers joining in nonsensical lyrics about ham and eggs to the tune of familiar operatic melodies. Together, the two stars sing an American folksong for the first time, the touching “Carry Me Back To Old Virvinny.” For the first time in film history, original opera was written for a picture. Herbert Stothart composed an tire reel with a full operatic company assisting and a great New York opera house duplicated in detail. Amongst many elaborate scenes are those of the court of Louis Napoleon, in 1865, and the Latin quarter of Paris. Seats may be reserved at Perry’s, ’phone 2496.