NEW ROMANTIC TEAM

Evening Star, Issue 23525, 14 March 1940, Page 8

NEW ROMANTIC TEAM

BRIGHT COMEDY FOR REGENT TO-MORROW Light comedy that is vastly entertaining will be provided in the principal attraction at the Regent to-mor-row— ‘ Bridal Suite.’ A tale of the haphazard living of an American playboy let loose in London and on the Continent, it abounds in smart dialogue and humorous situations. Dunedin theatregoers will find it highly amusing. ‘ Bridal Suite ’ introduces a new romantic team in Annabella, the beautiful Continental star, remembered for her sterling performance in ‘ Suez ’ and ‘ Wiiigs of the Morning,’ and the popular Robert Young. With the Swiss Alps as a background, the story unfolds the troubles and triumphs of [Robert Young, a gay American lad with too much money and a distinct aversion to work. He is so irresponsible that he forgets to show up at his own wedding, and this so incenses his down-to-earth father that the allowance that keeps him going is discontinued. Still the apple of his inother’s eye, however, he continues his playboy existence, and after some exciting moments in the Alps, where he redeems himself by rescuing his future wife, there is a happy ending. Robert Young is well cast as the playboy, but he is eclipsed in comedy by bis screen mother, Billje Burke, who steals every scene by her nitwit asides and gushing truisms. Her pampering of her perfectly healthy son and her final insistence on a brain-health cure in the Swiss Alps are beautifully done. Another good performer is Gene Lockhart, Young's father, who is called upon to explode his anger almost evex-y time he appears.

The •supporting programme is a good one. It includes a neat cameo. ‘Too Old at Fifty.’ a Fitzpatrick travelogue, and n delightful colour cruise, ‘ .Mexico.’