AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17951, 1 December 1932, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE Ono of the smartest comedies the screen lias produced is ‘‘Paris,” now heading the programme at the Regent theatre. ’live leads arc Irene liordoni and Jack Buchanan, the handsome debonair star of “Man ot Mayfair and “(.food-night, Vienna,” and there has seldom been a better entertainment on either the stage or the screen. The him has everything to recommend it. The dialogue is smart, the music contains a number of sparkling song hits, including “Miss Wonderful, “My Lover.” “Somebody Mighty Like You,” and “I'm a Little Negative Looking for a Positive.” Some of the outstanding scenes of Paris” are made in technicolor. (hie sees a. famous Parisian musichall during the performance of one of those-glittering revues for which the city is so famous, and in the midst of this revelation is 'liordoni. Miss Bordini assumes the vole of a French actress, the darling of Paris, who falls in love with an American youth (played by Jason Bobards) because'she believes he has a nice, sweet mother. Her partner on the stage (Jack Buchanan) is also in love with her. but she never takes him seriously, because he cannot keep a straight face even when proposing. The nice old lady does not turn out so sweet When she conies to the gay capital to meet her daughter-in law to be; in fact, •din “~oi*s on the spree” during her entire stav in Paris. The actress sours on Vj- fo'd her Puritanical admirer after a 'ot of comic entanglements, and turns to the nav young eccentric dancer for consolation and a wedding ring. The supporting programme has been well chosen.