REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume 105, Issue 4, 6 January 1928, Page 12

REGENT THEATRE.

A ceremonious opening will be given tire British film masterpiece "The Flag Lieutenant" at tho Regent Theatre to-night. Although the initial performance was held this afternoon, the season will be officially opened to-night with a gala performance. Many well-known men and women will be present, representing theGovernment, civic authorities, the Naval Department, and the executive of the Wellington branch of the Navy League. His Excellency the Governor-General lias given his patronage, and will attend the performance on Monday night. "The Flag Lieutenant" will be presented in an elaborate fashion. A special atmospheric prologue will feature Mr. Ray Kemp and Miss Kathleen O'Brien's hornpipe ballet. The music will be a special feature, and this lias been arranged by Mr. M. T. Dixon, musical director of the Regent Theatre. It was for tho production of "Tho Flag Lieutenant" that the British Admiralty placed at tho disposal of the producers the battleship H.M.S. Tiger, together with two destroyers and four seaplanes, with full ocmplements, together with their full co-operation. The film is a romance of the British Navy, and tells of the sacrifice a young officer makes for his friend. It portrays the courago and the manhood that is the backbone of the British Navy. The leading roles aro played by Henry Edwards, the well-known English actor, and Dorothy Seacombe, the Australian girl, who will bo remembered by New Zealand theatre-goers as having visited this country a few years ago. The box plan is now open at the theatre and Tho Bristol.