Amusements

Northern Advocate, 3 January 1938, Page 8

Amusements

“Thin Ice” At Regent

The Regent Theatre commenced the New Year well when it showed for the first time locally “Thin Ice, ’ a gay and magnificent musical that skims in shimmering delight along the silvery alpine slopes, snow-drenched with dazzling spectacle and exciting beauty. There is a riot of fun and a young romance that brings together Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power. “Thin Ice” concerns the romance of a beautiful skating star who falls in love with a man she believes to be a reporter, but who in reality is a prince. There is a strong plot that is at once arresting and amusing.

Three Elaborate skating numbers with hundreds of gorgeous girls in sensational ice-revels in the dazzling winter wonderlands of the Swiss Alps, intersperse the romantic story. In these numbers, Miss Henie executes many skating routines more difficult than any ever before attempted on ice. Weeks of intensive practice were necessary in order to perfectly execute the routines.

Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn and Joan Davis head the supporting cast. ' —^

‘The Last Of Mrs Cheyney’ Adapted from Frederick Lonsdale’s well-known stage play, the picturised version of ‘The Last of Mrs Cheyney” entertained a fair audience at the Plaza Theatre on Saturday evening. “The Last of Mrs Cheyney” is a bright and fast-moving comedy, dealing with the exploits of a very attractive adventuress, who is respectable at heart.

She is a member of a gang who have an eye on a famous string of pearls belonging to an English duchess. As she makes the acquaintance of the duchess and her relatives and friends, and has- two lords dancing in attendance, her respectability comes to the surface, and it is only her loyalty to the gang which makes her go through with the job. She is caught red-handed, but the manner in which she and her mentor escape from a very embarrassing position is crammed with laughs. Joan Crawford is very fine as Mrs Cheyney, while other members of an outstanding list of performers are William Powell, Robert Montgomery and Frank Morgan.

The supporting programme is also first-class, and the whole is a very fine holiday entertainment, which should command good houses for the remainder of its season here.