AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 12 May 1932, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

COSY THEATRE. “BOUGHT.” Stcpliany Dale, heroine of “Bought,” the Warner Bros, modern drama starring Constance Bennett, now showing at the Cosy Theatre, has but one desire, and that is that she elevate herself to “high” society. Her mad career leads her from mannequin to social secretary and finally to engagement with a rather unstable member of the fast set. It is her father, whose identity she docs not know, who finally helps to bring her back to a right sense of values—and incidentally to the youth whom she had cast aside because of his poverty. “Bought” is an intensely human story, and the work of Constance Bennett explains why she is the highest-paid star on the screen. Miss Bennett’s famous father, Richard Bennett, for the first time supports her. The picture is based on the novel “Jackdaws Strut” by Harriet Henry. Adaptation and dialogue are by Raymond Griffith and Charles Kenyon. The remarkable photograph is by Ray June. The cast includes Ben Lyon, Dorothy Peterson, Raymond Milland, Arthur Stuart Hull, Edward Nugent, Mae Madison, Maudie Eburne, Clara Blandick and Doris Lloyd. Archie Mayo directed. Reserves at Vare’s, ’phone 1333. W._; THE REGENT. “THE BARGAIN.” “The Bargain,” Eirst National and Vitaphone picture which is to be shown at the Regent Theatre to-night, is described as a heart-warming domestic drama. It unfolds the fortunes of Maitland and Nancy White—their grown son Ricky and his girl friend 'Benny as well as an amazing maid—an eccentric and resourceful bachelor friend and the enthusiastic boss of a soap factory and some other interesting folk. Maitland White has for years made a fairly good living at a soap factory though his wife knows that he lias hankered in spite of his kindness to her and the boy for the fulfilment of his early ambition to be a painter. The two plan to send Ricky to Paris to study architecture, but at the crucial moment he announces that lie means to marry Ronny, and take a job in the soap factory. Their objections are of no moment, Nancy decides that her husband must ake a year away from the soap factory and paint to his heart’s content. The pretty housemaid, Ella, is pressed into service as a model. Surprising developments follow. Lewis Stone and the beautiful Doris Kenyon appear in the leading ■roles and the supporting parts are capably taken. Patrons may book their seats at Vare’s, ’phone 1333, for “The Bargain” which opens at the Regent Theatre on Saturday.