THE REGENT
“ROMANCE IN THE DARK.” Gladys Swarthout, John Boles and John Barrymore head the cast of a witty comedy studded with brilliant songs in “Romance in the Dark,” the Paramount picture which will open its Masterton season at the Regent Theatre tomorrow night. Miss Swarthout, in the role of the singer who must first turn housemaid and then princess to get her big chance, and Boles, the stage favourite who creates a bewitching Cinderella who later conquers his heart, sing their way to romance while John Barrymore adds his comedy to the piece. After making a celebrity out of his serving-girl and palming her off on Barrymore, his manager, as a Persian princess in order to take his mind off a countess they are both pursuing, Boles realises that he has been too successful and has fallen in love with the result of his handiwork. As a “Persian princess” she is a spectacular hit, but when a newspaper exposes her as a fake, the audience denounces her and starts a barrage of carrots. The supporting cast includes Claire Dodd, as the beautiful countess. •
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1938, Page 2
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