REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 115, 18 May 1933, Page 12

REGENT THEATRE

••THE KID PROM SPAIN.” “The Kid From Spain” continues to draw capacity houses to the Regent Theatre, where it is now showing. It is Eddie Cantor's latest and funniest luirth vehicle. From the opening scenes, when Eddie is discovered sleeping in the girls’ dormitory at the big university, till the final fade-out in the midst of an admiring crowd after the bullfight in Mexico, the fun is fast and furious, but at no stage does it go beyond clean farce. The situations which develop are cleverly done and the dialogue as smart as one would ex pact from the star of “Palmy Days” and “Whoopee.” Eddie also sings pleasingly some new number which are bound to become popular, and in conjunction with a clever cast he finds ample scope for his sly humour and inspired drollery. In Mexico Eddie finds hipiself forced to figure in a bull-fight with the populace of the city as spectators. Secretly Eddie and his friend have rehearsed a tame bull for the foray and the former steps into the arena with a fine show of bravery, only to realise, however, „hat he is facing a real animal, a killer sent in by his enemies. In swift-moving and screamingly funny scenes Eadie manages to avoid the furious onslaughts of the beast and eventually chloroforms the bull by accident. The crowd acclaims him the greatest of heroes and the story reaches a happy, if laughable, conclusion. A splendid supporting programme includes “Babes in the Wood,” the second Walt Disney coloured cartoon to be screened in Wanganui. -With action and music cunningly blended, a familiar theme and the addition of colour achieved with appealing artistry, the cartoon is a distinct success. The latest Pathe Gazette shows ice skating in England, and the launching of H.M.S. Neptune, glimpses of play in the annual Rugby match between Scotland and Wales at Twickenham. at which there was the huge attendance of 70,000; the tenth anniversary of Fascism in Italv is featured and shows Mussolini being acclaimed by a concourse of 500,000.