WAIPUKURAU THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 10, 5 October 1937, Page 3

WAIPUKURAU THEATRE

- j— "THE GREAT ZIEGFELD" TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 's giant picture ' 1 The Great Ziegf eld, ' ' which comes to the Waipukurau Theatre to-night and Wednesday at 7.45, can be des.cribed in three words — world 's greatest entertainment. Challenging all competition, "The Great Ziegf eld" has more hr3trate entertainment values crowded within its sixteen reels than any other picture labelled "musical" or otherwise, It has a triple-star treat — William Powell, Myrna Loy and Luisn Rainer — to tell a story suggested by the career of Florenz Ziegfeld, with Powell as Ziegfeld^ Miss Loy as Billie Burke and Miss Rainer as Anna Held. Tho entertainment value becomes a Parade of Ziegfeld, for the cast also features' such world-famous entertainers as Fanny Brice, the ruling American comediennej Harriet Hoctor, whom Ziegfeld acclaimed the Pavlova of America; and Ray "Rubber Legs'' Bolger, Broadway dancing star. Also through the story march impersonations of such memorable characters as Will Rogers, Eddie Cantor, W. C. Fields, Bert Williams, Nat Wills, Lew Dowstader, Leo Shubert^ Joseph Urban, Irving Berlin, George White and Charles Frohman. Tho Springboks v. Hawke's Bay match will also be shown. Early reservations are advised. Patrons are requested to note the time of starting.