REGENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 110, 12 May 1931, Page 11

REGENT

RUTH CHATTERTON'S BEST. j "THE RIGHT TO LOVE" The world's own "duse of drama,” at least, insofar as the "talkies” are concerned, is showing finally at the Regent Theatre to-day. Miss Chatterton enacts two distinct roles in "The Right to Love.” and in one of them veers from girlhood to mother type, without a single error in mood coiffure, speech, costumes and ‘ poise. This is, at least, a triple achievement. The story, set in the farm lands ol the Middle West, tells of a girl whose secret Jove trysts engender a tragk - * sacrifice of happiness in later yerrs. a i state of affairs she determines will not | be the heritage of her daughter. The manner in which love finds a Yvay, ! through two generations of straight- j jacketed repression, is convincingly j narrated, and leads to a most surpris | ing climax. So that eveiy sound may be heard ■ clearly and every word spoken shall I reach the audience quite audibly, tho | Regent management have installed a special silent re*cordor, the first of its kind to arrive in Wanganui. This silent recording is a now innovation to the talkie world and the success which it has achieved in tho short time it has | been working has boon outstanding. [ Everything possible that can be done | for the greater enjoyment of tho pul' I lie has practically been done mid the next move, strange as it may sound, must come from the people themselves. That is. thev must try to contain their mirth. Unless this can be 'lone tho mdioncn themselves are going to spoil

lot of their enjoyment. To-morrow's Feature

WiniiU Lichtner, thr dynamic cor enne and star nf " Hold Kv©

| thing.” whose, voice and humorous an* tics have endeared her to the theatregoing public, states emphatically and with her customary verve that she thinks Joe Burke and Al Dubin are tho only song writers for her. They wrote the musical score of the screen hit, "Gold Diggers of Broadway,” in which Winnie Lightner also sang several songs. They have so accurately learned the essence of Winnie Lightner's delightful personality that the songs the.y write for her seem to he a part of her. More than fifty songs were submitted to Miss Lightner before sho found the two that she felt were 'the style of songs frer audience expects of her. She sings those in "Hold Everything,” tho musical comedy success of the stage which has been adapted to the screen and will play at the Regent Theatre inmorrow. It was Joo Burke and Al Dubin who wrote the songs whivh Miss Lightner chose. They are "Isn’t This a Cock-eyed World” and "Physically Fit. ” i Winnie Lightner says that these two songs are the most 'tuneful humorous songs it has boon her pleasure to sing since her advent to the screen. The same composers wrote those famous songs. "Tiptoe Through the Tulips” and "Painting the Clouds with Suti shine,” two numbers that were among 'rhe outstanding hits of 1929.