REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 100, 2 May 1929, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE.

"\Yc3t of Zanzibar," the story of i revrr-.. worked out in tho wilds of the Cuu-.j iuii'-lc is drawing good houses at the Ilegent Theatre." That wonderful character actor, Lun Cliancv has never before crowded so much intere-V mystery, stark realism, and romance intu a pic lure as he docs into the role of "Dead I e-s Hint," former stage magician, who iv a ti-ht with a mail who stole the love of his wife set" out to trail him through tho wilds of Afr'ie-i" whore his quarry has taken refuge as in ivory trader. Lionel Barrymore plays Crane ?l? 0 villain m the story, while Mary Nolan aimc-ir-i as the heroine, daughter of the revenge-crazed magician. Bet in a surrounding of terror, this dramatic story of a grim revenge, which ike a irankenstein, devours Us creator shows weird and fantastic rites of vuodoo deviland Ihe^sTran'-' 116 ,''° a" °f th- C .Afrk'an iu'^le, ■•white voodoo/ 1 who, witbArlckTau'cl 'imfsiou^ rules tribes of superstitious and savage natives' mc settings are most spectacular The sun' ports are excellent and of considerable variety mo Lop, which commences at the Kroit Theatre nest Friday, features William Buyd the popular young actor, who takes the part of a policeman in the underworld of New York In 5," ,a. re stcr»"S players as Jacqueline or crooks, culminating in murder and of "The S" 1,! untiring efforts.to run the criminals to "^n^m^S an"! /hen* very determined plain-ciotlics mall lie runs the nf.^M ■°, m come(Jy t0 tragedy. ISoyd at the ouisct aids a wounded man who staggers Into his shack, and after nursing him to health the man repays him by robbing him of all his savsK iO T thT,Sce Vfo rr so ffi iTnK run aown such "rats" and drag them to the bar ot justice. lie does this eventually. On the same programme is a picture of mother love Mumsiß, which tells a story of France during the dark days of the great war. Tho "Daily cmotiona"! ina Oml0"' Sa)"S' in .a criticlsn!- "An 'Mumsic' is magnificent." ' 'c • as