REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 28 January 1929, Page 5

REGENT THEATRE.

"Ono long laugh" would bo a tame way to describe "Skirts," Syd. Chaplin's latest picture, which is . now showing at the Kegent Theatre. The hero of "Charley's Aunt," "Oil, What a Nucsc," and other humorous pictures Is in great form'ln this story of a devoted husband, who, temporarily deserted by his wife and belligerent mother-in-law, is led In all Innocence into entanglements which prove extremely difficult to explain. Night clubs, gaol, pearl necklaces, ballet girls, and burglars are a few of (he ingredients in this speedy and hilarious comedy which kept tho audience in a fever of amusement from the time little Bertlo discarded his flute for the strains of a jazz orchestra, until, wife and mother-in-law returning, the picture ends In a wild plllar-to-post chase round the homo flat. Betty Balfour and the I'Hiza Tiller girls also appear In "Skins," which is based on the stage success, "A Little Bit of FlulV." Tim M'Coy and Ills gallant white thoroughbred lead an adventurous life in "Beyond the Sierras," a tale of gold mines in California long ago, when the patrician del Vallo family were persecuted by v band of villains who robbed them of their gold and abducted tho daughter of the house. Single-handed a masked rider outwits tho desperadoes not only once but many times, but it is not until the last t) m t he wins Hie .ovely heroine, at tlio same time disclosing that lie is a legitimate representative of the law sent to preserve order m the district. Manuel Hyman, well known to Wellington's dancing public, appears in a new role as a stage entertainer. With his •. oliu he plays catchy mush: in artistic manner, (.e Out and Get Under tlia Moon," "Blue, ltoom. "Deep in My Heart," and "Nothin'' being some of his numbers. Th». supporting pictures and the orchestral music on the programme art excellent.