STATE THEATRE
"RAINBOW ON THE RIVER" A young boy's attempt to escape the luxurious but inhospitable surroundings of a Yankee grandmother's mansion in New York to return to a negro mammy's humble cabin in New Orleans where he was reared, provides a situation of dramatic intensity in "Rainbow on the River," Booby Breen's current musical vehicle which continuee at : the '.State to-night. The-boy melody marvel heads a stellar group that includes May Robson, grand old lady of the theatre ; Charles Butterwor'th, popular deadpan comedian; Louise Beavers, noted coloured actress; Benita Hume, beautiful Ehglish - stage and screen star ; Alan Mowbray, polished English actor; Henry O'Neill, Marilyn Knowlden ^nd Lillian Yarbo. Also featured prominently is the Hall Johnson Choir.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 89, 1 May 1937, Page 8
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117STATE THEATRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 89, 1 May 1937, Page 8
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