REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 December 1939, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

‘■LUCKY NIGHT.” A scintillating new comedy team will come to the Regent Theatre tonight in "Lucky Night,” in which Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor make their first appearance together before the cameras. It was a lucky thought on the part of L Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to take the romantic Taylor and team him with the joyous and irrepressible Miss Loy. Taylor demonstrates a flair for comedy g as authentic and virile as he has disI played in drama. Miss Loy is even II more beautiful than patrons have seen r her in previous pictures, for the proaucers have been lavish with their ‘ budget in gowning her. InTerweaving ' moving heart throbs with uproarious laughter, the story unfolds the accidental meeting and later marital careers of Cora Jordan and Bill Overton. ; Cora, the spoiled daughter of a mil- ' lionaire steel magnate, walks out on her fourth engagement to hunt for a job. Bill is a playboy down on his luck. Following an accidental meeting e on a park bench, they gamble, frolic and fight their way to fortune, get e married, quarrel over the family budget, separate and come together again after a series of mad-as-march-hare commplications as hilarious as they are novel. With an excellent cast of funmakers in support of the stars, and a production richly mounted and taking in all the high and handsome spots of New York night life, “Lucky Night” was superbly directed by the Academy Award winner, Norman Taurog. A superb array of featurettes add further lustre to a fine programme. The plans are at the theatre (phone 2303). “THE WIZARD OF OZ.” There will be a special session of "The Wizard of Oz” on Friday night commencing at 10 o’clock. “The Wizard of Oz” is exactly what you would expect and, on the other hand, it is far more than you expect. If you hopoj that L. Frank Baum’s story, which children and grown-ups have been de-, vouring greedily for almost forty years, has not been turned into something unrecognisable you have no need for fears. Everything is there, every- . thing that made it a fascinating fan- . tasy. No wonder millions love Oz — ■ with its sparkling dialogue and lyrics, ; delightful events, the thrilling action of the story. Judy Garland as Dorothy is one of the greatest child actresses of her age on the screen. Frank Morgan’s star rises even highei’ with his performance of the delightful humbug, the Wizard. In songs and dances, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Jack Haley as the Tin Woodman and Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion again prove why they have been Broadway musical! comedy and radio stars so long. Billie Burke is splendid as Glinda the Good.