TUESDAY—ONE DAY ONLY MATINEE TUESDAY 2 P.M.
"I'll be Your Sweetheart" is ded- j icated by the writers to "the | great .melody-writers oi yesterday" , and is set in the London of the j early 20th century. The story . deals with*~the struggles of . these Tnen' apainst the music mrates of the time, who sold their songs at 2d a copy, putting them out of business and often causing them to die in poverty though their songis ; were the musical hits of their da^j With such a magnificent subjectl the sweep of the canvas is wide, j touching on many colourful asp6cts j of London life when the old Tivoli j and Alhambra Music Halls were in ; their heyday; when Romana's inj the , Strand was the meeting place | of celebrities of the theatre and 1 society; when Charing Cross Road : bustled with song writers, publish-j ers and actors, just as it does now. i - i
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 December 1946, Page 4
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153TUESDAY—ONE DAY ONLY MATINEE TUESDAY 2 P.M. Chronicle (Levin), 9 December 1946, Page 4
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