REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 190, 13 August 1931, Page 11

REGENT THEATRE

•WHAT A WIDOW” Gluiia .Swanson —the emotional act ress—has become again Gloria Swan son. comedienne. From her highly dra matic mother role in “The Trespasser/ >he has turned to the field of comedy to achieve another triumph as the dashing madcap referred to in the titb of “What a Widow!” her new United Artists picture which is now showing at the Kegent Theatre. “What a Widow! ” is nothing like the tomfool cry in the picture at the start of hei screen career. It is perhaps the most pretentious picture she has ever pro luccd. In the matter of clothes, she has surpassed all her previous records There are clothes for morning, after noon and evening wear in profusionclothes suitable for everything fron riotous comedy in street scenes, to the well ordered magnificence of a forma, reception in her Paris town house. Paul Nelson, American graduate of Beaux Arts, Paris, was brought on from PariI to design the modernistic sets whiel | are the last word in stagecraft. “Dracula” For Saturday. ! “Dracula,” which is now creating a ’ sensation at the Kegent Theatre, tells • a story of vampires—those strange •‘undead” creatures with terrible, abI normal appetites, who rise from their • graves at night and reduce their un- : suspecting victims to madness or death, but it is said to constitute one ; of the most remarkable photoplays in I the annals of filmdom. “Dracula” • was adapted from the famous play of ; the same name, and the original novel ! by Bram Stoker, which still enjoys-a : tremendous sale each year. The j >creen production was directed by Tod • Browning, and the cast includes Bela j Lugosi. Helen Chandler, David Man- > ners, Edward Van Sioen, Frances ’ Dade, Dwight Frye. Herbert Brunston ■ and Charles Gerrard. Matinee for Plunket. A special matinee for the furtherance of the popular baby Plunket Society ’s campaign is to be held at the Kegent Theatre to-morrow. The whole of the programme has been selected with the view of providing something out of the ordinary, and the picture “Seven Days’ Leave,” from J. M. Barrie’s tremendous stage success. “The Old La : >hoWs Her Medals,” is sure to be a hug ■ attraction. The matinee starts at the u-ual time, half-past two, ami the supports are in keeping with the high standard of the main film. DUCTLESS THEATRE “THE CUCKOOS’* ■ Filled with delirious fund and hilarious nonsense, “The Cuckoos,” Radio Pictures’ wild-riot of waggery, is being screened to-night at the Duchess. The show brings the talking screen something entirely’ new in entertainment. “The Cuckoos” is not a revue. It’s not a musical comerdy, although comedy and music hold full sway through the production. The show is a distinct j departure from the conventional, offering a well-knit story’ which serves as a background for the antics of the maddest pair of comics ever to grave the screen—Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, who won picture fame in “Rio Rita.” Romance has not been neglected and a tender love strain is earned ‘-v Juno Ch de and Huzh Trevor.