REGENT THEATRE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 152, 30 June 1932, Page 11

REGENT THEATRE.

“HER MAJESTY, LOVE. 33 Marilyn Miller, who has endeared herself to theatre-goers everywhere as the star of il Sally 33 and “Sunny,” outclasses both her former screen achievements as tho barmaid who evolves into a baroness in “Her Majesty, Love,” the First National production, which is now at the Regent Theatre. In “Her Majesty, Love,” Miss Miller’s radiant personality expresses itself in the many ways of which she is mistress. Whether it is the light comedy verve she gives to the dialogue, the emiles, the wiles, the whirling abandon of the dance, she is individual, Peter Pan-ish, and altogether gratifying. Incidental music adds to the gaiety of “Her Majesty, Love,” and Marilyn sings several songs that linger in the mind. “Her Majesty, Love,” has not only a great star but a flawless cast. Ben Lyon plays the romantic lead. Four of the funniest of tho screen comedians are in evidence—Leon Errol, Chester Conklin, Ford Sterling and W. C. Fields. Others are Harry Stubbs, Maude Edburne, Alfred James, Ruth Hall, Mae Madison and Don Novis. Scores of Hollywood beauties are in the sparkling cabaret scenes. Two of the popular musical aggregations take part in these sequences. They are Gus Arnheim’s Cocoanut Grove Orchestra, of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, and Ra vera's South American Tango Band. The story of “Her Majesty, Love,” is intriguing andxhe scenes are laid in Berlin and on the Italian coast. Marilyn is first seen as a barmaid in a cabaret. Into the riotous throng bursts a crowd of W younp blades, led by Fred von Wellingen, scion of a wealthy manufacturer. Taken with the beauty of the pert Tfca Toerref, von Wellingen determines to meet her. His friends wager that he cannot get her consent to dance with him. She finally agrees with the stipulation that he first propose marriage. Though this is meant playfully, Fred finally does propose and the engagement is duly announced. The snobbish von Wellingen relatives are horrified at his alliance with a humble barmaid, and he is bribed into breaking the engagement. He goes to Italy and drowns his troubles in drink. In the meantime Lia’s father manages to get her to consent to marriage to an aged and many-times married baron. Fred hears how things stand at home, charters a 'plane, hops back to Berlin —and arrives just as the ceremony is finished. Then the fun begins all over —as you will see by a visit to the Regent Theatre.