REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 112, 14 May 1935, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

“KID MILLIONS" Mysterious Egypt, a crazy transatlantic flight, and a free ice-cream factory in New York provide the settings lor Eddie Cantor’s 1935 effort, “Kid Millions,” which heads the current programme at the Regent Theatre and promises to outshine the previous successes of the inimitable comedian. The plot is the usual fantastic Cantor oue of a boy who achieves fame this time through being the heir to a treasure which is buried in Egypt. From the Brooklyn waterfront Eddie goes to the laud of the Pharaohs, finds the hidden Hoard, and flies back to New York, where his generosity takes the form of an ice-cream factory, which dispenses its wares free of charge. It is claimed for the finale, showing the ice-cream being manufactured and served, that it is the loveliest tcchuicoloirr offering yet screened. With his usual magnificence, Samuel Goldwyn spent 210,000 dollars on this 600 feet, which may best be described as a coloured billy Symphony, done with human beings. “Kid Millions’’ is. worth seeing for the technical ingenuity displayed in this scene alone. Supporting Eddie Cantor are Ann Sothern, Ethel Merman, Block and Sully and the fascinating 'bevy of “Goldwyn girls.” “Kid Millions” is bewildering in its magnificence and must be seen to be appreciated. On the same programme is Walt Disney’s latest technicolour symphony “The Tortoise! and the Hare,’’ which w T on for him the gold medal awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the best short picture of the year. It depicts, as only Disney can, the tabled contest between Toby Tortoise and Max Hare. “Song of the Plough’’ To screen for a return season of two days, “Song of the Plough’’ comes to the Regent Theatre on Thursday and Friday. Heading the cast is Stewart Rome, as Farmer Freeland. Stewart Rome made his film debut in 1913 in “Justice,’’ with the Hepworth Company, for whom he played many outstanding roles for a number of years. He is considered one of England’s leading delineators of aristocratic and military roles, and has added experience for the part he plays in 1 ‘Song of the Plough” in the period he spent sheep farming in Australia.