AMUSEMENTS

Northern Advocate, 23 March 1936, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

THE REGENT Not since his “Bulldog Drummond” roles has Ronald Colman had a part so particularly suited to his talents and) a story so in keeping with his flair for the suave and) debonair as “The" Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo,” which opened at .the Regent Theatre on Saturday night. (Romance and comedy go hand in hand in this picture, in which Joan Bennett has the leading feminine role. Ronald Colman plays an impoverished Russian Prince who goes to Monte Carlo with his meagre savings arid breaks the bank at the Sporting Club. He returns to Paris, divides half his winnings among his friends' and' then uses 1 the remainder in pursuit of romance in the person of Miss Bennett. Miss Bennett, who had been hired by the gambling syndicate to lure Colman back to anbther session at the gaming tables? leads him a merry chase through the gayest continental centres until she falls in love with her intended victim. She tries to save him, but Colman returns and loses his fortune on a turn of the cards. All ends happily for the two lovers, however, when Colman discovers that Miss Bennett really loves him despite his loss.

THE PLAZA PROGRAMME Light entertainment was the order at the Plaza Theatre with highly hilarious comedy and! tuneful toe tapping. t The picture, “Every Night at Eight,’’ opens on' a gay note with Frances Langford, Alice Faye and Patsy Kelly as three factory workers who lose their jobs. Penniless, they try their Juck as a singing trio on an amateur radio hour. At the radio station they lose the prize to George Raft who appears this time in' a new kiiidt of dramatic role, that of a conceited band leader. Attracted to the girls and seeing their possibilities, he starts them on their career as the Swanee Sisters. Under Raft’s severe discipline they rise from their amateur standing to queens of the air waves. Complifications follows, but a climax packed with thrills, romance and action, brings the trio to their senses. The second feature is “Special Agent,” a dramatic story of the U.S. Treasury Department's activities. In the cast are Ricardo Cortez, Bette Davis, George Brent and Jack La Rue.