REGENT THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11280, 9 August 1930, Page 6

REGENT THEATRE

MAURICE CHEVALIER IX “THE LOVE PARADE.”

THREE SCREENINGS TO-DAY

“The T-ove Parade.” featuring Maurice Chevalier, the greatest personality on the screen, will commence at the Regent at 2 .p.m. and will he screened again at 6 and'B.3o p.m. Maurice Chevalier had a big reputation for his work in his first falkie, but in “The Love garade,” which is his second, he has established his claim to a great advance lu nopular regard and ability. The pjcture ranks ns one of the best screen dramas of 1D2!). Who but t iievalier conld laugh in the face of a (jneen and then he invited to diwvwith her in private? That is one of the triumphs by which .ChevAlicr, in the part of an ambassador, recalled ti disgrace from Paris, overwhelms the Prime Minister and State advisers in the mythical kingdom of Sylvania. The oiieen is young, she has heauty and sings delightfully, but hill share none of the powers of royalty. '1 here begins the trouble- The' prince consort, whose part Clvovuiior fills with ease and a. touch or dignity, is a. man with his own ideas of the rights oj a royal wife, *0 Ihcie is disco’d in the palace. Ihe power of the l!i i one suffers a. severe Jolt when the oueon arrives alone to attend a theatrical performance, and is subdued by her regal partner before the people of the kingdom. Chevalier sings well and his laugh, which is such a.key to his personality, comes tlircugn with'the same appeal as liis' winning smile. Jeanette MacDonald, . whose singing and acting'are deserving or all praise, has the part oL the••tjuoon. Tlie operetta which is included in the picture, is one of the few operettas brought to the screen. The tunetm ballet music is nleasing to hear. Mim or roles are taken by Edgar Norton and Lionel Pelmoro, and Lillian Loth and Lupino Lane are seen to advantage in some humorous sidelights, in the role of members.-of the domestic staff of the palace. Supports on the ■nrograiume are of a high standard. Thov include Amy Johnson’s landing in Brishane after the famous li J glit from a Fox Movietone Nmvs,: a Mickey the Mouse cartoon, “'Tim Wizard’s Apprentice.”• “Afraid To Go Home In the Dark,” playlets and the. all-talking comedy, “Getting tv Break ” ’ , ■ v ■ " . i ; ’ v '? ■ , .