REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1927, Page 5

REGENT THEATRE.

"The Marriage Clause," commenced today at the Regent Theatre ia a'film of theatre life. It concerns the career of Sylvia Jordan, who is given an opportunity by Barry Townsend, a famous stage director. As she develops her career he finds that he is falling in love with her. Unkonwn to him she reciprocates his affection, but he believes that her heart is given to Rayenal, the producer. Sylvia's big night arrives, when she is to make her premiere in a new play. She is unable •to appear owing to.the absence of her beloved Towiisehd, but Ravenal deceives her into thinking that the manager is present. Stimulated, she makes her appearance, and achieves ah outstanding triumph. Prom then on the story takes a most original twist, and the audience is, it is said, kept in suspense until the final foot of the last reel. A brilliant cast delineates the various roles, with Billie Dove and Francis X. Bushman in the leading parts. "The Marriage Clause" is the first production directed by the famous Lois Weber since her return to motion pictures. There is a unique vaudeville acrobatic act by "The Aerial Smiths," as they are called, and this novel pair present for Wellington audiences a new'kind of performance in a new kind of way. In Sydney they were called the Wonder of the Aair.