ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 45, 21 August 1931, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. Mark Twain's immortal novel of boyhood, "Tom Sawyer," with Jackie Coogau in the title role of the lovable bad boy, will be shown at the Regent Theatre to-day Mltzl Green demure this time. Is Tom's sweetheart! Becky Thatcher. Junior Durkin plays Huck b'inn—Buck Finn, who didn't have, to «o to svliool, wash Ills neck or anything. "As produced on the talking screen, 'Tom Sa'wer' is the kind of picture you hoped it would be," of youth. Its humour is full-throated and close to everyono who is still able to remember those good old days of readin' ritln' and 'rithmctic. It is fast moving and gay will! one or two thrills thrown in for good measure. 1 he high spots of Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer' liavo been dramatised on the screen to great effect, and pieced together into •one well-knit, delightful story, in a manner that docs (lie Mark Twain classic full justice. As die Tom Sawyer who wants to bo a kind and generous pirate, save the world from wicked men, and win the heart of the adorable I'ecky Thatcher, Jackie Coocan is the. real thin?. Even his fine performance with Charlie Chaplin in 'The Xid1 fades into insignificance compared with his jovial portrayal of the bare-footed, freckle-faced Tom Sawyer. -Tom Sawyer' is Jackie's first appearance on the audible screen. It Is an auspicious second debut for the world's best known boy actor." Playing on the stage will be a sensational vaudeville act by Joy and Lazzeroni, the skating aviators, who will present an especially daring act.