REGENT THEATRE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17944, 23 November 1932, Page 5

REGENT THEATRE

A spectacular story of the gay and colorful life of Vienna before and after the war is unfolded in "Good-night, Vienna,” a British production, which heads the new programme at the Regent Theatre. Jack Buchanan, the popular London comedian, is in the title role, and he is ably supported by Anna Neagle, a beautiful blonde with a glorious voice. The story deals with Captain Maximilian Schletoff, a young Austrian army officer, who lias fallen in love with viki, a beautiful flower seller. Just as romance appears to be blossoming, however, the Emperor directs that Max should marry a countess. The young lover decides to defy everyone and marry the girl ofhis choice, hut just as the two are about to flee together war breaks out between Austria and Servia. Max cannot see Viki before he goes to war, and a note sent to her goes astray. In the general confusion of the war years that follow, the girl, who in the meantime has achieved great fame as a singer, receives no word or sees nothing of her lover. After the wai Max is forced to earn his living by tak ing a position in a shoe shop, and it i.-> while he is thus employed that he meets Viki again. From then on the picture moves forward to an appealing and altogether deligntful climax. Much of the entertainment value of the picture is provided by the music and the singing. The supplementary programme includes news reels, a New Zealand scenic picture, entitled “The Thermal Wonderland of Wairakei,” a “Micky the Mouse” cartoon, and “Screen Snapshots.”