REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 April 1939, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

MICKEY ROONEY IN "STABLEMATES." The large audience at the Regent Theatre on Saturday night, when "Stablemates," featuring Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beeiy. was shown, had presented to them one of the finest dramas of its kind which they could wish to witness. Mickey Rooney, fresh from his triumph in "The Boy from Barnardos," scored an even greater success in "Stablemates." He was "just Mickey Rooney,” acting his part with a naturalness that made the role all the more impressive and striking. In some of the scenes there was a danger that the incidents would be overdone were there any striving after effect, but Mickey Rooney just went on in his own natural way to make a success of each such scene. The story is a most interesting one; there was not a dull moment in it nor scene which did not hold the interest deeply.' Wallace Beery gave a particularly impressive presentation of the character of a veterinary doctor who fell on evil days. It was one of the finest portray-' 'als that Beery has given. These two on their own are a show of the highest excellence, without taking into consideration the remaining supporting artists of high acting ability. The programme will be finally shown tonight. “SAY IT IN FRENCH.” A new high for tangled domestic situations is reached in Paramount's new comedy, “Say It In French," which will be shown at the Regent Theatre on Wednesday. It is a story of complications that arise when a young American society lad returns from abroad with a French bride only to learn that he must shield his marriage from the world and announce his engagement to a New York heiress in order to prevent his father’s shipping business from going on the rocks. This unusual situation reaches the hilarious when the bride takes a job as maid with her husband’s family in order to be near him

until they iron out their difficulties. One mad incident follows another as the young man announces his engagement to stave off a panic, while his wife devotes her efforts to nipping the family scandal in the bud. Playing together for the first time are two of Paramount’s top stars, Ray Milland and Olympe Bradna. A notable feature of the excellent first half of the programme is a fine rendering of the overture to Wagner's opera “Tannhauser,” played by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, under the baton of Frederick Feher.