REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 282, 2 December 1935, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

“BRIGHT LIGHTS.” As bright as .its title suggests Jf “Bright Lights,” starring J oe E. I Brown, the comic with the over-size in mouths. J udging from the way I laughter swept the Regent Theatre ou .Saturday night, it must be one of the I brightest and breeziest films of its kind to have been shown here for some weeks. Joe Brown has been blessed by Nature with a face that makes one want to laugh; indeed it is as “Funny Face” that he is known in the theatre world, in which, after having done the “smalls” with his wife (Ann Dvorak) as partner he skyrockets to success on Broadway, teamed up with a madcap heiress and adventuress (Patricia Ellis). This girl who, at the wish of the producer (William Gargan), has succeeded in supplanting the comedian’s wife in their act, very nearly is responsible, through his foolishness, in causing a more serious break between him and his wife. But all ends happily. At times Joe Brown makes tho dialogue fairly crackle. His story of the mouse which one night had fallen into a barrel of whisky and had an appointment In meet the cat which saved its life at 9 o’clock the next morning, is a sheer delight. A generous first half comprising five shorts, which provide splendid variety, completes a capital bill.