AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 4 September 1930, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

THE REGENT THEATRE. "THE VAGABOND KING." In "The Vagabond Kins," the sensafcional musical drama which will be present® at the Regent Theatre next week, the talking and singing screen witnesses a return to thosa gorgeous and elaborate spectacles that were the prerogative of Cecil de M, his heydey, and this, in conjunction w tii speech «nd sound, makes this Paramoun technioolour production bne of the most ambitious and successful pictures of the year, lie story of Francois V illon, poet, vagabond, fighter, has been shrouded in much mystery, glamour, and romance, and in the popular imagination lie lives as a legendary hero 01 medieval France, and a splendid character for a play. Dennis King, the -bngnsn actor-singer, makes ah instant success 01 his Villon, bringing a new technique to heroic acting which is very pleasing after conventional gallantry. Miss McDonald and Dennis King are heard in some excellent numbers, including the over-popular ' 'Only a Rose, and King leads some vigorous male choruses. The whole picture is thrilling entertainment from beginning to end, having the inducement of novelty, colour, and the presence in the cast of gifted artist 3. The box plans ore now open at The Bristol Piano Company. "SARAH AND SON." The cast chosen for the_ production of "Sarah and Son," now showing at the Kegent Theatre, in which Euth Chatterton has the lead, interprets the characters in the best possible manner. A woman's persistence and perseverance in reaching her objective in life, though struggling against continued adversities, is the general themra of the film story.