REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1939, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“LUCKY NIGHT.” A scintillating new comedy team is now at the Regent Theatre 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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to take the romantic Taylor ,and team him with the joyous and irrepressible Miss Loy. Taylor demonstrates a flair for comedy as authentic and virile as he has displayed in dramfc. Miss Loy is even more beautiful than patrons have seem her in previous pictures, for the producers 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 millionaire 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 on a park bench, they gamble, frolic and fight their way to fortune, get 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. It would take hours to tell all about the gnomelike Munichkins, played by nearly two hundred midget actors in a miniature city, the Flying Monkeys, the towering green Emerald City with its beautiful people, the gorgeous magic Poppy Fields, and the rest of the spectacular scenes. And to appreciate them picture patrons will have to hear “Over the Rainbow,” “If I Only Had a Brain,” “The Merry Old Land of Oz,” “Ding Dong,” and the rest of the clever numbers and dances that E. Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen wrote into the score. Musically, dramatically, and from the standpoint of spectacle you’ll never forget “The Wizard of Oz.” For a story that will bring back your youth, and, if you have youth, make it happier for many a long year, don’t miss “The Wizard of Oz” at the Regent Theatre. Patrons are urged to book their seats early. There is no reserve fee.