NEW SCREEN TENOR WITH GRACE MOORE
Frank Forest, young American opera tenor, who has sunk in all the capitals of Europe, was engaged as the "firet member of a notable cast with which Columbia intends to surround Graee Moore in her new starring musical production, "I'll Take Romance." Melvyn Douglas will be the star's leading man, while Edward H.fl Griffith has already been engaged to direct. Rehearsals with, a huge orchestra started recently, with actual shooting scheduled to begin within a short time. The story is by Stephen Morehouse Avery and was prepared for the screen by Jane Murfin. Having complefted jhis musical engagements abroad, where he has been singing for a number of years, Mr. Forest returned to this country last year to appear with the Chicago Opera Company. Later he was placed under contract by Paramount and played in "Big Broadcast of 1937' ' and "Champague Waltz."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 202, 11 September 1937, Page 10
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148NEW SCREEN TENOR WITH GRACE MOORE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 202, 11 September 1937, Page 10
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