“DRACULA” AT THE REGENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 192, 15 August 1931, Page 18 (Supplement)

“DRACULA” AT THE REGENT

HUMAN VAMPIRE STORY. ; EERIE AND THRILLING. j “Dracula,” which, as a stage play, I created such a sensation in the capitals of Europe and America, deals with a human vampire, a terrible creature who never dies, and who lives on'the blood of human victims. Count Dracula, the vampire, can assume the shape of a wolf or a bat at will, and yet in human guise is an Apollo of grace and refinement is screening at the Regent Theatre. He has been dead for 500 years, but j has power to return to earth between (the hours of sunset. and sunrise. ,; How this sinister figure influences a ’group of influential people makes one of : j the most unusual stories ever brought ;j to the talking ireen. The picture is j filled with uncanny mystery, and thrill ? after thrill was sprung upon the audi- ■ ence. The ‘screen version is scarcely so gruesome as the book, but is unques- ■ tionably one of the most unusual and [ startling films which have come this way for a long time. “Unfaithful” Coming. “Unfaithful, 7 ’ an absorbing drama of the disillusioned wife of a public 5 hero, is Ruth Chatterton’s latest Paramount dramatic sensation, “Unfaithful” is coming to the Regent Theatre soon. Paul Lukas has the chief sup-

porting role, with Paul Cavanagh and Juliette Compton, both well-known stage favourites, heading the cast. Miss Chatterton’s great talent is given unrestricted play in “Unfaithful.” As a girl married to the popular hero whom she loves madly; as the disillusioned wife who finds her husband’s virtues are merely a mask for his secret philandering; as the woman who tries to drown her pride in one wild escapade after another, this brilliant actress plays a series of characterisations in which her emotional expression finds its best expression. The suave Lukas has exercised his rare fascination in scores of minor parts. It remained for 4‘Unfaithful” to bring him the opportunity to exercise his talent to the full. Cavanagh, as the hero-husband, plays an exacting role with great skill and polish.