CRYSTAL PALACE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20105, 8 December 1930, Page 4

CRYSTAL PALACE.

3IATJRICE CHEYALIER IN "THE BIG POND." We have .inst boon informed, per medium of the English cables, of the tremendous sensation caused by the 'appearance of Maurice Chevalier in London last week. Next in importanco to his personal appear* ance oij the stage will bo his appearance on the screen a'. tho Crystal Palace to-day in his latest- all-talki .ig romantic comedy, "The Big I'oncl.'' Chevalier is a great arfi.st with a wonderful personality, and it is no wonder that, ho is such a ]»opular favourite. particuhi rlv among the fair sc;. In "The Big Pond*' the versatile Chevalier plays a new Kind of role, that of a penniless French nobleman who attempts tr> mix monpy-making with love-making, aud, of course, tho hitter *hc does to jic-rfection. Ho sings a number of new songs in his own irrepressible f- Iyl e ; two, in particular, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to ?.Ic" and "Living in the Sunlight. Loving in the MoonIkdit,'' are bound t> become popular in L'hristchureh. Chevalier .scores the biggest of his meteoric career in "The Big Pond.'' Tho hnjc plans sue now open at The I.in.'.i'j! Piano Company.