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PROGRAMS AT THE REGENT (Cont'd) - page 3 |
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| Program No. 6 - April 20-26, 1929 | |
| Feature Film: "The Student Prince" (MGM, 1928, Silent) with Ramon Navarro & Norma Shearer | (Link to a Cinema Programme for this film) |
| Support Films: "My Friend from India" (Talking) Franklin Pangborn & "The King of Spain" | |
| Stage: "Say it With Music" featuring Allan Priora tenor and Dorothy Janice Soprano with the Regent Beauty Ballet in "The Doll Dance" | |
| Orchestra: Ernest G. Mitchell conducting | |
| Organ: Stanley Wallace | |
| M.C. : Hugh Steyne | |
| Program No. 7 - April 27-May 3, 1929 | |
| Feature Film: "The Dove" (United Artists, 1928, Silent) with Norma Talmadge, Noah Beery & Gilbert Roland | |
| Support Film: "Skyscraper" (Talking) William Boyd | |
| Stage: "Pirate Blues" ( Cast of 60 Ballet and Male Chorus) with Courtney Ford Baritone, Win Clarke Dancing Violinist, Freddie Hodges Dancer and Hugh Steyne as "Bosun Dead-Eye" | |
| Orchestra: E.G. Mitchell conducting the Regent Orchestra | |
| Organ: Stanley Wallace | |
| M.C.: Hugh Steyne | |
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Review: (Herald, April 27, 1929) |
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| "PIRATES IN BIG STAGE SHOW" | |
| "SPECIAL FEATURES AT THE REGENT" | |
| "Pirates capture the audience's fancy at the Regent Theatre today. More than 60 persons appear in the stage presentation, the most elaborate which Harry B. Burcher has yet devised at this theatre. | |
| The main setting is the deck of a Spanish Galleon, and on this the performers appear as a band of pirates. Courtney Ford as a pirate chief leads a male chorus of twenty. The sixteen ballet girls are fancifully attired as an auxiliary force. The stage effects include the illusion of a storm at sea. | |
| J. Allen Kenyon has painted the scenery for this presentation in which the Regent Stage Band under Ernest G. Mitchell provide some bright moments. | |
| William Clark, the dancing violinist and Freddie Hodges, specialty dancer, help to give variety to the entertainment." | |
| Program No. 8 - May 4 - 10, 1929 | |
| Feature Film: "The Garden of Allah" (MGM 1927, Silent) with Alice Terry & Ivan Petrovitch | |
| Support Film: "Why Be Serious" (Talking) Will Mahoney "Midnight Madness" (Talking) Clive Brook | |
| Stage: "Beaux Arts" with Stella La Monde and Freddie Hodges | |
| Orchestra: Conducted by Ernest G. Mitchell | |
| Organ: Stanley Wallace | |
| M.C.: Hugh Steyne | |
| Review: (Herald, May 6, 1929) | |
| "DESERT ATMOSPHERE AT THE REGENT" | |
| "...novelty touches characterise Harry Burcher's sketch "Beaux Arts". The musicians in their Latin Quarter attire, infuse the appropriate air of Bohemianism which makes the entertainment most enjoyable. It is a light and airy trifle, admirably carried out. | |
| The dancing of the Regent Ballet in sympathy with the character of the sketch, is an artistic offering. Stella La Monde's songs too, are most acceptable and complete the sketch. | |
| Program No 9 - May 11 -17, 1929 | |
| Feature Film: "The Gaucho" (United Artists, 1927, Silent) with Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Valez. | |
| Support Film: "On to Reno" (Talking) with Marie Provost & "The Sex of the Polyp" | |
| Stage: "Regatta Revels" with the Fallow Twins Specialty Dancers. | |
| Orchestra: Conducted by E.G. Mitchell "The Vagabond King" Overture | |
| Organ: Stanley Wallace | |
| M.C. Hugh Steyne | |
| Review: (The Herald, May 11, 1929) | |
| "...pictures of the heats and final of the Head of the River race. | |
| ...stage presentation given a topical interest. The scene represents the deck of a houseboat on the Yarra. In this attractive setting the Regatta Revels are performed by the Regent Ballet in boating and bathing attire. The Regent Stage Band in a special jazz interlude, and the Fallow twins in a pleasing song and dance turn." | |
| Daily Timetable: (from May 13, 1929) | |
| 11.00 The Regent News | |
| 11.05 Fox Movietone News | |
| 11.14 The Sex of the Polyp | |
| 11.27 On to Reno | |
| 12.37 The Gaucho | |
| 2.05 Interval | |
| 2.15 Overture "The Vagabond King" | |
| 2.20 Regent News | |
| 2.25 Fox Movietone News | |
| 2.32 The Sex of the Polyp | |
| 2.43 On to Reno | |
| 3.30 Regatta Revels Stage Show | |
| 3.45 Interval | |
| 3.53 Head of the River film | |
| 3.58 The Gaucho | |
| 5.10 On to Reno | |
| 6.00 End of Day session | |
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| Ramon Navarro and Norma Shearer in "The Student Prince" |
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| Franklin Pangborn |
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| Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland in "The Dove" |
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| Alice Terry in "The Garden of Allah" |
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| The Fallow Twins |
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