REGENT

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11948, 19 May 1933, Page 7

REGENT

BLONDE VENUS. Marlene Dietrich has an unusual role in “Blonde Venus’’, which concludes at the Regent to-day. A successful cabaret artist, with the song and dance that gets across to her audiences, she marries a science student, with a. turn for research, a simple fellow whoso home is hi s au Contracting radium poisoning in his attempts to evolve .au absolutely safe method of using this invaluable mineral in the hospitals, he is given eight months to live, the alternative being an expensive cure, when he is without even, the fare from New A oik to the Gorman specialist. Marlene Dietrich goes back to her old job to raise the "dud. but it is too slow with the life at stake, and »u lid’ selfishness she take's a path never trodden by her before, and, lying t 0 her husband, sends him off to 'Germany- with'-the .proceeds. Timm son Johnny, is everything to her. but during her husband’s eonyalese'en'see she cannot resist the decency of tho protection of a wealthy young fellow, and dramatic, situations follow. /Strong supports ihcludo “Screen Souvenirs”. To-morrow Wheeler and Wo'olsey will be presented in a lavishly produced musical comedy “GhJ Crazy”. The box plan is now open. Late telephoned reserves should b" collected by ■ 7.30 p.m.-