AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20010, 19 August 1930, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

REGENT THEATRE. ON PARADE." Th« excellence of the acoustics is on# of the many outstanding features of ths new Regent Theatre, which'wan officially opened by the Mayor on Saturday evening. Even at the back of the circle there is not the sligliest difficulty in hearing a mere whisper from the screen. The novel lighting effects and the atmospheric roof, with its stars and drifting clouds, delight the large audiences which are attending the theatre. The picture now showing at the theatre, Paramount on Parade," is an unconventional, informal revue, in which the audience moets the players during a happy-go-lucky wander through the studios. Included among those who are seen are Maurice Chevalier, Ruth Chatterton, Nancy Carroll, William Powell, Clive Brook, and Deni3 King. There is no attempt 'at plot. People who can do things are called out and away they go fooling, burlesquing, copying, and dramatising. Chevalier sings a song and a little girl of eight imitates him. George Bancroft attends a party and is charming to everyone he meets. Then ho attends the same party and says what he really thinks and feels. There are some delightful settings, and the work of the ballets is particularly fine. All manner of novel eflfectß have been designed to make for entertainment, and these were much appreciated. The other, .section of the programme contained many interesting items, the most popular being, perhaps, a novelty that has been the subject of much discussion in the United. States recently. This was what is known in film circles as a "barkie." All the characters are played by dogs which are dressed in the, clothes of fashionable society. The novelty lies in the fact that as the dogs carry 'out their parts human voices are put into their mouths, the final effect being ludicrous in tho extreme. The particular film shown on Saturday night had the huge audience in a continual ripple of. laughter.