REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 283, 3 December 1935, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

•‘BRIGHT LIGHTS.” is As bright as its title suggests is s- “Bright Lights,” starring Joe E. r- Brown, which is the main feature at is the Regent Theatre. Joe Brown has h been blessed by Nature with a face r, that makes one want to laugh; indeed r- it is as “Funny Face” that he is 1. known in the theatre world. The pro's duetion is a eotuedy of “back stage” e with songs occurring naturally as part le of the action of a theatrical troupe, •s The picture is the best in which Joe o E. Brown has appeared. Joe himself it sings, dances and does acrobatic stunts i- with the famous tumblers, the Maxr- ellos. The story by Lois Leeson ’ | centres about Joe, a dancer and comic ’ in a burlesque show, whose stage partner is his wife, Ann Dvorak, and Patricia Ellis, a mad-cap heiress, who gets 1 . a job in the burlesque show as an ade venturer. William Gargan is publicity ie maaa S er f° r a. big Broadway prodiy r. h There are four songs, one sung Dvorak, one by Patricia Ellis, one by ' r Esther Burke 'and chorus, and the g . fourth by Joe E. Brown. A generous U first half comprising five shorts, which n provide splendid variety, complete a ({ , capital bill. “Fog Over ’Frisco” e A mystery thriller that is full of i- genuine thrills is coming to-morrow to o the Regent Theatre under the title of e “Fog Over ’Frisco,” a First National -r production. The cast includes Bette e Davis, Donald Woods and Margaret >■ Lindsay. Also on the programme is the IS British film, “What Happened to d Harkness?” in which mystery alter- _ nates with riotous eornedv.