STATE THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 108, 24 May 1937, Page 5

STATE THEATRE

' ' DHMPIiES ' '—SHIRLEY TEMPLE Singing, dancing and dimpling her way once cnore into millions of hearts, Shirley Temple's new Twentietb Cen-tury-Fox triumph, "Dimples," screens to-day at the State Theatre. Hailed as Shirley 's wonder show, and featuring swingy new song hits and» brand new dance steps, "Dimples" is heralded as the outstanding hit in the little star's parade of brilliant triumphs. An exceptional cast, headed • by the irrepressible and inimitable Frank Morgan, supports Shirley in the .film, with Helen Westley, Robert Kent, Astrid Allwyn, Delma Byron, the Hall Johnson Choir aiid Stepin Fetchit prominently featur-. ed. Replete with laughter, romance and drama, "Dimples" tells the story of a lovable little street minstrel,- Shirley, and her incorrigible but irresistibly funny guardian, Frank Morgan. The film opens with Shirley leading a g^oup1 of young sidewalk minstrels through songs and dancos. As they • conelude their performance Morgan pushes through the crowd and starts off* tlio "contributions. " This is how he and Shirley eke out a precarious livelihood. Morgan has a pencliant for other people 's bolongings and his nimble fingers fasten on anything of value with whicli thcv come in contact. His peccadillos eventually lead him into trouble but he goes scot free through Shirley 's winsome smiles and^ pleas. With Sliirley mothering and caring for tlie irresponsible scamp, the" film moves through its liighly entertaining story, climaxed with Shirley being cast in the slarring role in a presentation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."