REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 18 June 1927, Page 7

REGENT THEATRE.

A delightful evening's entertainment is now being provided at the Regent Theatre, ihe leading film, "The Magician," strikes an entirely new note. It deals with the struggle between a girl who loves a young surgeon, who saved her from being a helpless cripple, and the evil forces of a magician. Although the story is good, the setting and photography are better. The cast, with the exception of one American, are chiefly Continental players. It is certainly a production not to be missed. In the vaudeville section Donald Stuart, "the high and mighty magician," is distinctly original and clever. It is not so much the tricks that .he does as the way that he 'loes them. His unceasing flow of patter ana weird antics kept the audience last night m a state of great merriment. The supporting films and the -musical programme all help to make a first-class entertainment. '

Conscientious attention to detail was Pajdby the producers of "Michael Stro- ? i> - 3S •^uss'an. >n story.and typically Russian in scenic effect and atmosphere. The story of "Michael Strogoff," from the pen of Jules Verne, concerns the adventures of a secret agent of the Czar in his attempt to carry despatches from Moscow to Irkutsk, his route being through country overrun by invading hordes of barbarous Tartars. The picture hag magnitude and lavishness, while the acting of the principals combine to make it a picture that will please the fastidious. "Michael Strogoff," which will commence its Wellington season at the Regent Theatre on Friday, Bth July, will have an additional attraction in the pro-' logue. The outstanding characters in the picture are; introduced in their finery. Miss Valma Leich, the dancer, who has been specially brought to New Zealand to supervise the "prologue, will appear as the Premiere Bayadere (Gypsy dancer).