REGENT THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12885, 11 June 1936, Page 7

REGENT THEATRE

‘•QUEEN OF HEARTS” .GRACH F FIELDS’ LATEST. Never before, say overseas critic-', luis Oracle Fields been . given such rare opportunities for hearty eon.'-d> as in “Queen of Hearts,” her hit s. picture, which commences, at the Regent Theatre to-day. if is said Hun i tl this film neither money nor elluii bus been- spared .to return Gratae Fields to her former undisputed Position in public favour. Instead ol being merely a series of events looser'' collected by the star’s [Kisoua Ii t\ . the story of '‘Quern of Hearts” is not only an excellent vehicle for hei talents but is interesting in itsvlf. it also, provides scope lor the most versatile voice in tile- world to be hoard both in comic and sHnii-seriuus songs, while there are at Ida si two episodes said to touch the highest peak of hilarity. These arc when Grade, knowing nothing about driving, finds, her self in charge of a motor car in the midst of .London s traffic, and—-an even uuun.cr sequence—when, ikno.wing less than nothing about dancing, she finds herself the ‘‘victim.” in a truly, hectic Apache (lane-' on the stage. The staappeans as .Grace Rerkins, a humble seamstress with a seyret “crush’ on Derek Cooper, a matinee idol appearing at- the . Queen of Heads Theatre, it is her passion for Cooper that permits her to niasquerade—-uu'dl t.inglv at first—as the wealthy Alt's Vandalour, who is going to ‘invest im iuy in Cooper’s show. However, x‘iu police were on Grade’s Track, and even when she is starred in “The ‘Queen o.Hearts” on the strength of her vocal talent, the. sje.uths never let up.