REGENT THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 281, 27 November 1936, Page 9

REGENT THEATRE

"THE THREE MAXIMS.” Jealousy and hatred, humour and romance, brought out by excellent acting on the part of Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati, and Leslie Banks, are the outstanding features of "The Throe Maxims,” the current attraction at the Regent. Theatre. The story concerns the sudden rise of a troupe of happy-go-lucky trapeze performers from obscurity to stardom. "Accused.” "Accused,” commencing to-morrow at the Regent. Theatre, is a film which contains melody, spectacle, comedy, romance, and mystery all welded into a plot which, according to oversea critics, is guaranteed to hold the interest. Douglas Fairbanks, jun., was .an ideal choice for the role of Tony Seymour, a young theatrical artist married to Gaby, his partner in a sensational dancing act. Dolores Del Rio was an equally good choice for this latter role, for the character is that of a lovely, fiery Spanish girl. The ambition of these young lovers is fulfilled when their act is booked for a leading Parisian theatre; but then "the other woman” enters the scene, in the form of Yvette, leading lady of the show, who threatens their happiness and arouses Gaby’s jealousy by setting her cap at the handsome Tony. Thus, from a gay and sparkling setting of music, melody, and theatrical spectacle, the film enters an atmosphere tense with drama and culminating in a sensational murder trial. In the trial scene, French legal procedure which, contrary to British custom, holds a prisoner guilty until proved innocent, is accurately reproduced.