REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 6

REGENT THEATRE.

''Kid Boots," a picture version of the well-known comedy of the same name is being shown this week at the Recent S eat t r?,\ .Eddie Cantor (the original Boots ) • is supported by Billie Dove Clara Bow, and Lawrence Gray, and they make the fun fast and furious. Boots becomes attached to a wealthy young sportsman, who is anticipating a divorce. Because he unexpectedly becomes the heir to a fortune, his wife desires that the decree should not be made absolute, and in the frustrating of her desire "Kid Boots" is the master mind. The orcL.atra played selections from the "Kid Boots" musical score, and also a splendid overture, "The Old iolks at Home in Many Lands." Another interesting feature was the singine by Miss Phyllis Andrews of "For Heaven s Sak ,' a song specially composed by Air. Matt Dixon, to make known the com; ing him with Harold Lloyd in the lead JLhe vaudeville turn is provided by the iiton Boy, who is. gaining loud applause, ana ins playing of the violin deserves it Harold Lloyd is .said to be the most consistent comedy star on the screen •?u J la" Klvett the world hit dfter hit with his clock-like regularity. He reaches the chmas of his career with "For Heaven's Sake," which opens a week's engagement at the Regent Theatre on Friday- It is,a riot of merriment. Vigorous laughs: are dominant- all through "For Heavan's Sake," which is the story of a care-free, rich man's son who lives a life of ease' only to discover .that life ia worth more to. him by helping others. The slum section 1 of a great city is the background, Jobyna Ralston, who has played as Lloyd's leading lady in several of his past successes, is afforded the opportunity to portray the little ray of sun? shine in the shadows of the slums. The picture will, be preceded by a magnificent prologue featuring Sadie Fawcett, Billy Hart, and the Six Regent' Girls. Details in connection with this prologue are being withheld for the present, as it is the management's wish that the prologuew ill come as a surprise. The screening times for the season will be 11 a.m., 2.15, and 8 o'clock. Box plans are now on view at the theatre and The Bristol. '