RIOT AT REGENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 126, 29 May 1936, Page 10

RIOT AT REGENT

JACK BUCHANAN’S LATEST. •WH E N KN IG HTS W ERE HOLD.” Those who see Jack Buchanan in “When Knights Were Bold,” a Capitol Picture Corporation urocluction commencing to-morrow at the Regent Theatre, will find it has a somewhat whirlwind finish, bul before the denouement is reached they will have enjoyed about 80 minutes of the popular English light comedian at his best. It is a bright show throughout. From Poona, India, to Little Twitterton, England, is a far cry but. thither Lieutenant Guy De Vere hurries when he receives news that he has inherited the title (if Lord of Beechwood. The new Sir Guy is a bright soul; his ancestors had ruled the countryside with a rod of iron and Lad earned a reputation for gallantry in battle, and because of this great contrast between Hie present and lhe past head of the house of De Y'ere he is looked upon by his relatives as unworthy of the position to which he has succeeded. Sir Guy, however, remains undaunted. He is determined not to copv history but to make it, and this he succeeds in accomplishing after a most amusing series of events, not the roast of which is a pitched battle after the style of those of . the days of Richard the Lion Heart. Resplendent in a suit of cha : n mail and wearing a crash helmet for added safety, Sir Guy cuts a dashing figure. In lx)tween his efforts to establish himself in favour of the beautiful Lady Rowena several songs and a. tap-dance ay*» introduced in the best Buchanan style. Lynne Overman, a. Paramount screen personality, travelled 9000 miles to get his first movie contract ?

“Thoroughbred.* - Amid the cheers of the euthusiatic I crowd the favourite, the “Thorough- t bred.” dashes home to victory. A vic- . tory for Australian film producers, too, : in this their first major production into ‘ which they have put much thought and ■ money. The story tells of the rise of an unknown horse *o f a.mc and the plots and intrigues which are conceived to “stop” it in the Melbourne Cup. Helen Twelvetrees, the alluring titian-p blonde of the American screen, is seen | at her best in the portrayal of Joan, a characteristic Australian girl who has the, interests of the “Thoroughbred” : at heart, arid playing opposite her are Frank Leighton and John Longden. 'fhe. climax of the tory is exceptionally high-pitched in this different story] ■ of the Turf.