STATE THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 209, 20 September 1937, Page 14

STATE THEATRE

"SHALL WE DANCE" TO-NIGHT. Singingj dancing and romanciiig their way fflore securely into the heart« oi millions of theatre-goers, the world 's dancing rovourltgs, ired Astaire and Ginger Rogers, are co-starred once inore in their gayest and most speetaculai screen hit, "Shall We Dance>" screening to-night at the State Theatre. The stars, who • hold undisputcd rau k as the most popular team on the screen, are said to break completely away from thfe type of characterisations they have given in the past and to offer a brand uuw- kind of musical film. No longer portraying struggling aspirants foi fame, both appear as "tops", in their respective fields, Astaire as a famous ballet dancer, Miss Rogers ua an equally famous revue artiste. Brought together under unusual circumstances, . they find the world insists on believing them married, which in turn compels them actudlly to get married in order to gain their freedom. The novelty that has always featured the stars' vehicles again characterises the new olfering, with eight brilliantly concei.ved dance numbers. • Dances by the two terpsichorean luminaries and by Harriet Hoctor, America's foremost ballerina, include remarkable solo novelties, ballet and modern dancing ensembles. These are presented in pieturesque settings that range from a Parisian theatre to a New ' York roof garden . and from a liner 's sun deck to the whirling machinery of its engine-room, and they are hailed as the most entralling that have as yet been filmed.