REGENT TALKIES

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 66, 21 February 1938, Page 2

REGENT TALKIES

TO-NIGHT. “Under Cover of Night,” a fine detective story, will be screened at the Regent for the last time to-night. The supporting programme is excellent, and includes a colored symphony.

WEDNESDAY. “ON THE AVENUE.” Swinging merrily along to the tune of the best songs ever written by the greatest writer of songs in the world, “On the Avenue,” showing at the Regent Theatre on AA’edne6day evening, represents Irving Berlin at his melodious best, in a musical that is full of pep and lilting good spirits. AA'ith Dick Powell and Madeleine Carroll making a new and romantic twosome of musical comedy, the lively Twentieth Century-Foi musical presents a real-life romance of New York, in a show that's as big as the town. Alice Fay. the Ritz Brothers and George Barbie: add both melody and mirth to the production. Madeleine Carroll, noted hitherto for straight dramatic roles, makes a charming sweetheart for Dick Powell. Swank in its songs, in its romantic stars, and in its lovely chorines, “On the Avenue” has the added virtue of presenting some merrily madcap performances by reliable Hollywood funmakers. AA’ortb; ol a separate note are the distinctive and lovely melodies Irving Rerih composed for the film, “This A'ear 1 ! Kisses,” “You’re Laughing at Ale," “Slumming on Park Avenue,” “I've Got My Love to Keep Me AA’arm," “The Girl on the Police Gazette," and a novelty number written for the Ritz Brothers, called “He Ain '■ Got Rhythm.”