MUNICIPAL THEATRE
s'GBAND OLD GIEL'» AND "BO-1 MANCE IN MANHATTAN." Ziegfeld glorified tbe Americaa gir], but it bas remained for May Bobson to glorify ihe scbool teacber in tbe new: feature film, ' ' Grand Old Girl/' at tb® Municipal Theatre. Frequently tbe objec£ of caricature and good-natured gibes in many films, plays and stories, tbe scbool teacber for the first time it painted in a truly beroic ligbt ia "Grand Old Girl. 3 ' Her service to tha cbildbood of a nation is eulogised is a second only to tbat" of * motberbood. Laura Bayles, portrayed by May Bobt son, is tbe elderly prificipal of Avondale bigb scbool. In trying to rid tbe towa of a supposed malted milk ebop where ber students drink liquor and gamble, sbe appears on tbe verge of ridding herself of a job. Tbe emotion charged situation builds to wbat is said to be & heart-stirring climax. In addition to Miss Carlisle and MacMurray, Alaa Hale, Hale Hamilton, William Burress, Etienne Girardot, Edward Yan Sloan, Theodor von Eltz and others eupporfc Miss Bobson. Jobn Bobertson directed tbe screen play based on an original story by Wanda Tucbock. s . Tbe second feature is "Bomance ia na^a^an," with Francis Lederer and Ginger Bogers.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 33, 2 November 1937, Page 8
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202MUNICIPAL THEATRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 33, 2 November 1937, Page 8
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