REGENT THEATRE TO-NIGHT.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 June 1933, Page 5

REGENT THEATRE TO-NIGHT.

“DEVIL AND THE DEEP.’’ Against {the romantic 'background of a seaport on the North Afrieau coast and the neighbouring Sahara, Tallulah Bankhead, L.avy Cooper, and ( harles Laughton enact a dramatic story of love and jealousy in Paramount’s “Devil and the Deep,’’ which ; . showing at the Regent Theatre to- ( ight and to-morrow. Miss Bankhead t , seen in her latest film as Pauline * iurm, beautiful wife of the eonimanher of a British submarine stationed on the Mediterranean. Ibis man, genial ami likeable' to his friends, is really obsessed.to*the point of insanity with a conviction that his wife is unfaithful to him. His suspicions finally drive her into a love affair with a young l.eutenant in her husband’s command, f.nd, faced with the proof of his susSturm goes entirely insane. The method of his revenge carries the film into a melodramatic climax aboard a sinking submarine. Miss Bankhead m Pauline, Cooper as the lieutenant, ami Laughton as the crazed husband give performances of rare distinction, and help to make the film one of the most dramatic and exciting pictures in many moous. The supporting feature ttes are of the usual excellent Regent ft. undord and include, “Patents Pending’’ a riot of a two-reel comedy with, .Burns ami Alien, “'Rude Yallee Melot'ies, ’’ a bouncing ball screen song which is probably one of the best we have screened, a Paramount Pictorial and the latest current issues of Paramount British News and Universal (Graham McNamee) News.