WAIPUKURAU THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 72, 12 April 1937, Page 3

WAIPUKURAU THEATRE

"San Francisco" A new and truly romantic tearn is brouglit to the screen in Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer's '.'San Francisco," which comes to the Waipukurau Theatre tomorrow and Wednesday with Clarke Gable and Jeanette MacDonald. "San Francisco ' ' has 'drama, love interest, comedy and spectacle. Gable has tho rough and tough type of role in which his screen public liices him best. Miss MacDonald has the ideal part to give her opportunity to sing, and when she sings there is a reason for her singing for her songs are a part of the plot. It is the story of the Barbary Coast of thirty years ago, opening on New Year's Eve, 1900, .and continuing through one of the most disastrous dramas of the century, the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Gable has never been seen to greater advantage than in his present role in which he gives a performance that stands out for its power and sharply etched charaeter delineation. Miss MacDonald sings songs which

Lcfciigc? lium jjctJLictua i/U giuiiuua operatic arias. Perhaps the greatest surprise of the picture, however, is the strildngly different portrayal of Tracy who abandons his usual tough roles to contribute a sincere and unforgettable portrait of the priest, 1'athor Mullin. In support the novelty "Audioscopiks." Patrons.are requested to he seated early.