STATE THEATRE
"WAIKIKI WEDDI1TO." Romance, hilarity and music in generous portions are provided in Paramount's "Waikiki Wftdding," «he gay comedy of love in |;ho pincapple groves with Bing Crosby," Bob Burns, Martha Raye and Shirley Ross which cqjpimencCd screening at the Stato Theajtre to-day. The romance *is between Crosby and Miss Ross and, ip Jighter veln, Burns and Miss Raye. Crospy is a ' press agent whose job it is to' heep Miss Ross, who won a trip to Waiariki in a contest, properly thrilled with^tho glamour of the place. He has to. rewort to considerable trickery to aeconiplisdi this. He falls in love with the girl-apd is reduced to tho neceasity of undoing his trickery with honest romancing to win her. The direetion was skilfully bandled by Frank Tuttle who., ia thoroughly at home with this type of comedy. The photography is beautiful and there are a number of native cere* monial dances which will long be romembered. In particular there is j» native wedding, and a barbaric ^'drum dance," performed by Miri Rei, tho Tahitian dancer who proved the sensa* tion of the Ziegfeld Follies several years ago, which can be classed among the most effective motion picture scenes captured by the camera.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 14, 9 October 1937, Page 10
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