TEGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 128, 4 June 1929, Page 5

TEGENT THEATRE.

In.\,:'Tlie Be jamy. Trial," the-sound picture now-in Us ..sec ynd week at the Regent Tlieatrer:, there, art jt ' seventeen principal players. wi:« ,c «WT an ou tria1 ' Lea'r'<:o Joy brings. -to the, ; I screen an impressively sincere .character de >s*s.tion that reaps for her new Honours as .« lioe-lance mar. Georue Barrand I'Wfi-'.ovvo'Ae (her as the loyal husband who slaAds by /us wife in the'face of terrible aecuI'/'v"?; ' .f<* n4>» Thompson is the man defen<'MU, thOjliusbnjid; of the woman whose slaying provides.'the, motivation of the plot. With :tha : prfjtionderajice of evidence against them ithe defendants, listen to the prosecutor de•.mand. their livefe to expiajo the erlmo of which they. .are ■ accusjed.i An eleventh-hour derelotiment saves; them from a -conviction, but tho murder remains unsolved until the end. l'he .supporting \ sound pictures include solos' by the {famous Jazi pianist, Victor Lopey, the a»peamnce of Miii! Ella Shields, tho polished male impersonatorl, riid,;. sqnss by James Regan,. the Irls^i tenor. ■; To a; synchronised music is cxcellart i-.througKouft. : .

/.'.'The,Jazz. Singer," the second Regent sound picture, which] will appear on Friday next, '.Is considered a> be. the picture which . really :iuit jthß talM.ug pictures on the - map throughout; tlac world. Everwheru it has been screened j it; has set a new mark for attendances/" In-'- Sydney, where it; opened in December Ijast, it is still being screened three times.- dVily;. to. crowded houses, and it. is. estimate^, .that over , 500,000 persons liave paid ,foe' admission there alone. Oh ■the, 10th. of list- month ;it created there a :recor;i ./ of .pkne - '^performances' than any other picture -las. done In Australia or. New Zealand. Al Jlalsoni the' star, " has created « - world-wide (reputation for his famous untrepretation jof ';• his many songs, . and is to-day the..,' highest, salaried' single artist itt the; world.! "The Jazz ■ Singer" ' Is" really She ..s.tory of ij is own life. Those 1 who have vse«n,. : and .hcaid this wonderful' story have ■JinSiinK' .but liaise for it.; all bein; carried .*wa.jx ; .liy .his I hearj-appealiug rendition of

: ; ,=j. -outcast. 1:«J -who niabes his way to ..nueroalipiial flame.-<as'-a> Jazz sinser: The -sales ot ■ J|is records throughout the world .are,;-enormous,l and:all royalties he receives -from.-these he devotes to charity. Although ■the-screening ,-at the Regent will be tne Jsew-rZealand ; premiere, so much has been iieard- of _this. remarkable picture that already ...the ad» ant is creating an enormous amount- of Jni -rest among picture-lovers.