REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 February 1939, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

"HOLLYWOOD HOTEL." All the brilliance of Hollywood night life, its clubs, hotels, and the glamour of its stars, are brought to the screen in "Hollywood Hotel," a spectacular musical film which will be shown at the Regent Theatre tonight, with a cast of outstanding stars. Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Edgar Kennedy, Hugh Herbert, Alan Mowbray. Ted Healy, and Glenda Farrell all have important roles, and Benny Goodman and his world-famous swing band have an important part. Ronnie Bowers (Powell), a saxophone player, secures a ten weeks’ contract in Hollywood, and he is given a great send-off from his small-town friends. He is thrown into "glamour circles" in an amazingly short time, but only because of the temperamental nature of Hollywood's leading lady (Lola Lane) who, after quarrelling with her agents, refuses to attend a preview of her own picture. Fortunately, a waitress (Rosemary Lane) is discovered, and with the aid of the make-up genius, she is transformed into the beautiful star who has left the city in a rage. Powell is invited to take the impersonator —under the impression that she is the star —to the preview, and it is after this that some hilarious incidents jjccur. Alan Mowbray, filled with his own importance, has a delightfully funny role, while Ted Healy, hopelessly inefficient manager of Powell, sets a new record in wisecracking. The waitress and Powell provide a suitable romantic interest. and both are heard in some exceptionally catchy numbers. "MANNEQUIN." The box plans are now open at Nimmo’s for Saturday’s • big attraction, "Mannequin,” co-starring Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy and supported by Ralph Morgan, Alan Curtis and Leo Gorcey.