REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 August 1939, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

■STOLEN LIFE.”

The crowded house at the Regent Theatre on Saturday night fully appreciated the splendid picture presented, “Stolen Life,” starring Elisabeth Bergner and Michael Redgrave, commenced a screening which will extend until Tuesday evening. The intriguing story of twin sisters, one without scruples where masculine attractions were concerned and the other unselfish and noble, was particularly well done. Elisabeth Bergner acts with such skill as to make a difficult story carry conviction. The storm scene in the picture was a marvellous piece of photography. The story opens with Redgrave as a mountaineer who meets Elisabeth Bergner on a mountain-side and furthers-the acquaintance. While ascending a peak he tells her he is the leader of an expedition to Tibet. When later he meets her in the local post office he tells her all about the expedition and is rather surprised at her confusion. He is invited to dinner, where it transpires that the girl he met was the twin sister of the girl he first met, called Martina. The only difference in the two was that Martina parted her hair on the right side. Martina’s sister by using her wiles marries the mountaineer, who leaves for Tibet. While he is away his wife is drowned in a yachting tragedy. Martina then takes the place of her sister, as Mrs McKenzie, and has to overcome the complications caused by her flirtatious sister. The unravelling of the domestic tangle after McKenzie’s triumphant return from Tibet makes splendid entertainment. The excellent supporting programme is headed by a musical gem, Richard Wagner’s immortal “Tannhauser,” which is magnificently rendered by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The feature received the complete approbation of the audience. The programme also contains interesting gazettes and a Pathe pictorial, the whole making an outstanding bill of fare.