REGENT THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20199, 30 March 1931, Page 8

REGENT THEATRE.

"CALL OP THE; FLESH. w ;,, ~ j -K' j Youthful in appearance, alight in build, Jtimori "Novarr'o begins with ft handicap in any contest for ftfcreen popularity ynih, say, Maurice' Chevalier, but he is such a typical Southern Latin that", a«'ft'lover, he,has won liis way to-a place in the iavour' o! the screen-loving public comparable with that achieved by the great Valentino.' His mercurial temperament, captivating , smiles, a>id ; whimsical' ways are .given ■an adequate vehicle in "Call of this Flesh," showing the Ttegent .Theatre this Week; but ,the story \is told, on the scueen. in a way that stirs all the tepdereat emotions. . '• Romance is the breath of life itself in i Spain, and !he sons is its highest expression. Novsrro's voice. js 'exquisUe. and he . apt, only sings' bufc r dances >as well. He is .the care-free singer of the cantino, the youthful dancer with Bohemian habits and a lordly way-with women. But not even partner, knows'-the way to-his heart. That < is found by a maiden in a convent who hear* his ringing and r runs away to join him. She has the gift of music, and wishes to stay with him,* but he tells her 1 'You had .better go i back, i Relenting when he sees the effect <Jf this decision, he decides to try his. fortune it) the capital, and soon he ii disputing the rapacious demands of a etout lodging-houpe-keeper, and, as in 'love, winning. It - is. the ambition of the cafe singer to take' ft' place in grand opera, but his voice lacks ' the depth and feelipg' which can come only from suffering. Then, guided by Lolit a, the brother of. the girl whose love he hati stolen, a soldier, comes to efcve her from a life of shame,' and when he returns bar to the convent she leaves behind her in Madrid a 'broken heart. "Will you give her back to God ?" is the demand of the ■ sol-, diw, "or will" you hold her h«Sre for' damnation?'" ■ . ■ The singer, suffering s the pangs -of - a hopeless love, achieves a triumph such u» baa not been-seen in a aoort of years, but is stricken by the loss of his _ dear ona, and in the convent the maiden pines almost unto death. * But love ' will find a way', < arid in , this f retty tale, eo beautifully told 'by the screen, there is a happy ceding. f'Call of the . .Flesh" is the-latest talkie etarrmg .Novarro, and probably-also- the best. It is a real triuprch of. dramatio •ucting, and prove a ; great, attraction. In addition to-Novarro the cast'includes Dorothy Jordan as' the heroine, > Renee Adoree, Nance O'Nei 1 .. and Ernent' Torrence. Included in the .supports are some really fine views of Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of ' Japan, taken from anaeroplane,' and . "Thundering Tenors"'a screaming .farce, in ■which Charles Chase, "America's Boy Enend," uppets a party.