AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 January 1932, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

THE REGENT. "DADDY LONG LEGS.” "Daddy Long Legs," is enjoying in full measure the popular run that was anticipated at the Regent Theatre and delighted bumper attendances on Saturday. It will be shown at matinee and evening performances for the remainder of the season and the management suggests to patrons that they should avoid the evening crowds by attending the matinee performances. With its simple and profundly human story that millions have laughed and wept over, "Daddy Long Legs" provides notable entertainment. The leading players —the clever and charming Janet Gaynor and the talented Warner Baxter, who are co-starred for the first time in this Fox Films production- ■ do full justice to Jean Webster ’s moving story. J udy’s flaring tirade against her oppression in the "Orphan Home,” "Pendelton’s” decision to send her to college, their dawn of love, misunderstandings and final reunion, are but a few of the story’s emotional peaks. Delightful settings, a group of highly lovable children in the "Institution” sequences, a clever adaptation of Aliss Webster’s play by Sonya Levicn, and Alfred Santell’s telling and always sympathetic direction, all aid in making "Daddy Long Legs” a genuine treat for picture lovers. Plans are filling rapidly and patrons who have not yet booked can ’phono Theatre, 2303. COSY THEATRE. "THE PHANTOM OF PARIS.” As Clieri-Bibi in “The Phantom of Paris,” which is to be shown again at the Cosy this evening, John Gilbert is said to reach the very pinnacle of dramatic heights, totally eclipsing anything he has ever done on the talking screen before. Gilbert has the difficult task of wearing three different make-ups and playing three different men in the course of the one story. First he is seen as the gay and jaunty Clieri-Bibi, of Gaston Leroux’s story, with the small, black, Gilbertian moustache and the clever magic-working hands and body. Then he becomes the bearded, crushed and desperate prisoner, who uses bis knowledge of magic to escape from the dungeons. And finally, lie is the Alarquis, gray-haired, wor]dly-\%--., inscrutable. As his leading lady, Gilbert has Leila Hyanis, the. charming player who was seen opposite him in "Way for a Sailor” and "Gentleman’s Fate.” She is cast as the daughter of a proud and noble family, who refuses to allow the barriers of class to interfere with the dictates of her heart. There is an able supporting east. "The Phantom of Paris,” lias been elaborately produced, moving from the exclusive circles of the old nobility and modern Parisian theatrical life to the interior of a famous French gaol. Seats may be reserved at Theatre, ’phone 12S8.