STATE THEATRE
"SHOW BOAT" BACK ACAIN The music of ' ' Show Boat," con» posed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by, Oscar Hammersfcein H., haQ gained such popularity that all the original numbers were retained in XJniversal'® 1936 screen version of the Edna Ferbefl classic, which is agaia showing at th«l State Theatre. The hit numbers of the play includ® "Make Believe" and "Why Do I Lov® You?" duets rendered by Irene Dunna and Ailan Jones. Helen Morgan doeS two numbers that she has made famous. "Bill" and "Can't Help Levin7 That Man 77 Other songs are "Old Fashion'* ed Wife," "Cotton Blossom,77 "Aftea the Ball" by Charles K. Harris, and "Goodbye, My Lady Love,77 by JosepN Howard. Paul Eobeson, the world-re« nowned baritone, sings f01d Man Eiver77 and a new offering, "Ah Still Suits Me.77 A new duet number, "I Have the Eoom Abov'e Her,77 is pre* sented by Irene Dunne and Allan Jonee, Miss Dunne also has a sprightly tuna called "Gallivantin7 Around:77 One of the special features of thfli production is a chortzs of 200 voicea that weave a spell with unusual rhyth* rnic tone patterns.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 51, 16 March 1937, Page 14
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187STATE THEATRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 51, 16 March 1937, Page 14
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