ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1930, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS

THE REGENT. “SALLY” MATINEE TO-DAY, 2 PAI. “Sally,” now showing twice daily at the Regent, commencing at 2 p.m. and 7.45 p.m., has everything. First and foremost, of course, it has Marilyn Miller who was the original unforgettable “Sally” on the stage, and now appears once more in her most triumphant role, set like a jewel in the midst of [in allstar cast. There are scores and scores of ballet dancers, chorus girls, show girls, young gentlemen of the ensemble who sing and dance and can wear evening clothes as though it were not an effort. And the picture is entirely in colour. That is a short sentence, but it covers a lot; for the new colour process has been used to bring out the full richness and beauty of such scenery and costumes as neither screen nor stage has ever known before. Those of us who recall “Sally” on the' 1 boards of the oldfashioned theatre/ have always thought pf it as a very elaborate production, indeed. But it becomes tiny, even in glamorous recollection, when compared with the sumptuous show with which First National has surrounded its glittering star. The stage is limited; the range of the screen is unbounded; and the result of this spacious liberty is a series of scenes which almost take the spectator’s breath away. 'All the charm of the old “Sally” has been preserved, but everything is on a vaster scale —vaster, but not so vast as to lose the human values of . the charming story. There is a good supporting programme. EVERYBODY’S TALKIES. “ATLANTIC FINALLY. I A'great lineV speeding across the Atlantic to a new world! —the finest pleasure palace afloat ablaze with a thousand lights, gaiety, dancing! —then, with' appalling suddenness, comes a terrible heartrending crash—pandemonium reigns —the cry goes out: “All passengers on deck with lifebelts on!” Scenes of unprecedented agony—frantic struggles of the passengers —sailors hurling women into ■ the boats —a mass of seething humanity seen facing death with ineffapable courage. The greatest calamity of all time. These are the astounding incidents which form the basis of “Atlantic,” the great English talking x dure which is finally showing at Everybody’s Talkies to-night. An allstar English cast enact the roles in this production, and the recording of the voice is a revelation. There is also a good supporting programme. Mary Nolan, famous Universal star, will head the cast in “Undertow,” the all-talking attraction heading the change of programme at Everybody’s Talkies to-mor-row, commencing at 2'p.m. and 7.45 p.m. “Undertow” tells the story of a girl who has grown weary of her present lonely existence, after a girlhood spent among the bright lights, and has decided to run away with her former sweetheart, who makes love to her before the sightless eyes of her husband. John Mack Brown and Robert Ellis are also featured in this production.