AMUSEMENTS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 12821, 16 August 1939, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT “Pygmalion,” the screen version of Bernard Shaw’s brilliant come a is opening to-day, by popular mand, on its return season to i Regent Theatre. Leslie «D plays the starring role. , , Bernard Shaw’s story, it wl t remembered, tells of a Loc flower girl, who becomes the suJ of an experiment to a P rof ® ss phonetics. The idea from the P« netic expert’s point of view, , a prove that it is Possible .to “f girl out of the gutter and transtor her into a society lady pxoeri* and exquisite manners. gt r i ment is a brilliant success, 1 is taken for a Princess at an sador’s reception—but there lem arises when this triumphant suit has been achieved. become of the girl now. ' ? The working out of me. ' „] girl’s destiny provides a unparalleled dramatic and e quality. r . su pport* An outstanding array ot ing players, headed by gcot{ Lawson, includes Marie Lo ’ Sunderland, Jean Cadell, B jD j Esme Percy, Violet VanburgU Viola Tjee,

TOWN HALL Alternating moments of tesedy with moments °* derness, “Little Miss Tb O peoed the new Warner Bros. P ict “ r at the Town Hall >’ este . piayiti six-year-old Janet Chapm r pjjaß* the role of a pathetic 1«« w » is firmly convinced that fo# ri daddy and then is sure s a ## him in the callous person . 01 track gambler played by eXC itfrf She notivates a serie ® n jure 5 ' and often humorous ad