REGENT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 84, 5 October 1929, Page 13

REGENT THEATRE.

The second week's. screening of "Madame X" started at sfio Kegent Theatre yesterday, and « r «! n rtretf o;? OJt TyaiMaycr ""-diking screen \ersioil of the famous play is likely to ensure a continuance of capacity houses The nic-nirw-£':a. TIW? tale of Frisian life, and it tells .the tragedy.of an exiled woman forced to wander over the earth because of her mistake, me great, climax, comes in the final Courtroom ?onH?C Wll?re she flads tUat «» attorney T rending her on a murder charge is her own son. For wonderful and impressive acting "M&' a!?»' Kuth Chattert°a's portrayal of Madame X," and.she is. well supported by Lewis -Stone and Itaymond Hackett. Other : players are Holmes Herbert w^i ?. 6SS, crer/, Mlt(*eU Lewis. Ullrie Haupt, But» % -?? c ' ,Cat?' oU Nre' and Cla«<J K'nc. Sv,i, v«° nly the supetb actln S that makes afiihPnH^ i-SUCh a flne Pl"'l™. • There are authentic replicas'.of several famous spots in Snmm from China with all the *» of the East, and glimpses of life in fcouth America and elsewhere. The, swift ac- «,??„£ 5 "^ma, whic'i revolves round the un?acto?iS e «hPlrl- t, 0f' lnother-10 ™' Is * »«werf"l S l-*, 118 Picture's success, and audiences 5 5.* 1 Pas' have not been slow to film! tw \ apj"eciati°n of one. of the best ™'h. at ias been shown in Wellington. The supporting programme is of the same high standard' as-the main subject, and embraces a variety of subjects; "Bertnmarks" provfdet comedy of the best, kind, an "Audio Review/* and news-reel complete what is a first-class programme in: every respect. . - ■.