REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 32, 7 February 1935, Page 7

REGENT THEATRE

THE NOTORIOUS SOPHIE LANG." A thoroughly modern and entertaining detective story, the chronicle of a charming, beautiful girl, who singlehandedly outwits both the police and her rivals, Paramount’s “The Notorious Sophie Lang,” is screening at the Regent Theatre, with Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh, Leol Errol, Arthu/ 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 and 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 il is Sophie Lang, one of the smoothest crooks in the world. Her exploits in'trigue Europe’s most notorious criminal Paul Cavanagh, who intends to beat her at her own game. When Sophie ’earns of his plan, she sets out to get him, make him fall in love with her and turn the tables on 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, but the manner in which the two crooks, now madly in love,with each other, outwit the police and eventually escape o’ 7 an ocean liner brings the film to an entertaining and unusual climax. The picture was directed by Ralph Murphy. “Babes in Toyland.” Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy will appear on Saturday next in their most unusual film to date at the Regent Theatre, “Babes in Toyland.” a fantastic operetta with music by the famous Victor Herbert. The film tells of the adventures of all the storybook characters of the grand roles played by Stanley Dee and Oliver Dum, of the villainies of the Meanest Man in Town, and reaches a climax when the forces of Bogyland attack Toyland. In this novel setting the attractive music is sung by Felix Knight. Charlotte Henry and others, while the activities of Laurel and Hardy are equal in comedy to anything they have done.