REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 31, 6 February 1935, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

+ • THE NOTORIOUS SOPHIE LANG.” A thoroughly modern and entertain ing detective story, the chronicle of a charming, beautiful girl, who single handedly outwits both the police and her rivals, Paramount’s “The Notorious Sophie Lang.'/ conics to-day to the Regent Theatre, with Gertrude Michael. Paul Cavanagh. Leol Errol. Arthur Byron, and Alison Skipworth in the featured roles. Miss Michael plays the title role as the famous international jewel thief who filches both gems and masculine hearts, by employing her cleverness ami exotic charm. The story opens with a diamond robbery in New York. When the inspector learns the thief escaped in a Rolls-Royce car, he knows that it is Sophie Lang, one of the smoothest, crooks in the world. Her exploits in'trigue Europe's most notorious criminal, Paul Cavanagh, whe intends to beat her at her own game When Sophie 'earns of his plan, she i sets out to get him, make him fall ir love with her and turn the tables or him. With Alison Skipworth as her foil she startles the entire world by her daring robberies, going her rival one better each time. Arthur Byron, as the inspector, sets his faithful assistant Leon Errol, to trail the European crook thinking he can land them both, bid the manner in which the two crooks now madly in love with each other, out wit the police and eventually escape or an ocean liner brings the film to ai •pontertaining and unusual climax. Th( picture was directed by Ralph Murphy “Babes in Toyland.’’ Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy wil appear on Saturday next in thei most unusual film to date at th< Regent Theatre, “Babes in Toy (land.” a fantastic, operetta with musii by the famous Victor Herbert. Thi film tells of the adventures of all th* storybook characters of the gram roles played by Stanley Dee and Olive Dum, of the villainies of the Meanes Man in Town, and reaches a clima? when the forces of Bogyland attacl Toyland. In this novel setting the at tractive music is sung by Feli: Knight. Charlotte Henry and others while the activities of Laurel am Hardy are equal in comedy to anything they have done.