REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 137, 14 June 1927, Page 6

REGENT THEATRE.

"London" is being screened at the Regent Theatre The story is typically English. Dorothy Gish has the leading part She is found starving by a society man, and after much coaching on the part of one of Mayfair's society leaders, bursts forth and dazzles these exclusive circles. Too soon, however she finds that all is not gold that glitters' louth quickly recovers from such affairs' and she finally marries a wealthy painter' who had always loved her. The -nfc-' ture is one of the British National Company s most ambitious efforts. There is also an excellent vaudeville item T? th» es anj* ," atter of the "JS Boys," Tilton and West. Several excellent supporting comedies and scenic reviews are also shown.

• "Xhf Maßioian" will have its first showing at the Regent Theatre next Friday. The story of the picture is that of a rirl caught between the forces of a magician whom she is unable to resist, and the love for a young surgeon who has saved her in°"i eI,PS, a helpless cripple by performing a delicate operation on her spine The producer has taken the Somerset Maugham story, and has developed a powerfully romantic drama. The entire production was made in Europe. The Latin Quarter of Paris, the Grand' Boulevards, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Monte Carlo, and the interior of the gambling rooms of the Casino, the famous towers of Switzerland and many other places of historical and pictorial interest ill France, Italy, and Switzerland were utilised as backgrounds. The vaudevillo section of the programme will consist of Donald Stuart, billed as Australia's greatest burlesque contetlian. Bos plans are now on view at theatre and at the Bristol.