REGENT THEATRE
M.G.M.’S “ICE FOLLIES OF 1939” ■Not for many years has Joan Crawford been seen in a better role than that she plays in "Ice Follies of 1939,” the spectacular production which is now showing at the Regent Theatre. For the first time Miss Crawford's voice is featured on the screen. She appears with an extraordinarily varied cast, which is headed by Jimmy Stewart and features such well-tried players as Lew Ayres, Lewis Stone, Lionel Standee and Bess Erhardt. Some of the best songs to come out of Hollywood this season are included in “Ice Follies.” The story centres around Mary McKay, a singing ice skater, who. through a series of strange twists of fate, finds herself at the top of the film ladder. Her quick ascent, however, leaves behind her husband, and there is a forceful dramatic angle to the production' Us the two fight out their destinies. Miss Crawford has been happily cast in a role similar to that in which she first rose to stardom. Stewart, too, adds to his already formidable reputation as a dramatic star. The spectacular ice ballets are among the best ever to reach the screen.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 20 November 1939, Page 5
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194REGENT THEATRE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 20 November 1939, Page 5
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