REGENT

Evening Star, Issue 23492, 5 February 1940, Page 10

REGENT

. ‘ Lucky Night,’ with Myrna Loy and Robert Tayor, which is the current programme at the Regent, is,one of the best comedies of the year. Myrna Loy is seen as a rich girl who believes that she should do something to justify herself, and leaves home to find a job. But there is no work offering for an unqualified socialite, and she is wandering, lonely, tired, and hungry, one night when she meets Robert Taylor, penniless and out of work. A sympathetic policeman gives them 50 cents and together they go to a restaurant. When the; bill is presented, however, they have lost the money. They steal a tip and later “ break the bank ” on a slot machine. At a picture _ theatre they have the winning ticket in a raffle for an expensive motor car, and later win a 1,000-dollar reward for the capture of a bandit, i After a: spectacular party they “ come to ’’ next morning and find that they are married. Robert Taylor owes a,- gambler '5,000. dollars?, and in attempting to; raise money to ; pay him off starts, a -riot in a gambling den and gives Myrna, Loy a chance to knock out the gambler. Finally;broke, Taylor talks a paint salesman into giving him a job, and the two settle down to what- ought to be married;bliss. In support are Henry O’Neill. Joseph Allen;.; Douglas: Fowley, and Charles Lane! I,'Excellent short, subjects are included in the first -half ,of the programme. , - , •.' ■