MUNICIPAL THEATRE
i'GRAND OLD GERL" AND "ROMANCE IN MANHATTAN." Ziegfeld glorified the American girl, but it hais remainOd for May. Robaon to glorify Ihe school teaeher in the new feature filin, "Grand Old Girl," at the Municipal Theatre. Frequently the objec£ of caricature and good-natured gibes in many films^ plays and stories, the school teaeher for the first time is painted in a truly heroic light in ' ' Grand Old Girl." Her servi.ee to the childhood of a nation is ieulogised is a second only to that of inotherhood. Laura Bayles, portrayed by May Robson, is the elderly prfncipal of Avondale high school. In trying to rid the town of a supposed malted milk tshop where her students drink liquor and gamble, she appears on the verge of ridding herself of- a job. The eniotion charged situation builds to what is said to be a heart-stirring climax. In addition to Miss Carlisle and MacMurray, Alan Hale, Hale Hamilton, Williani Burress, Etienne Girardot, Edward Van Sloan,Theodor von Eltz and others eupport Miss Robson. John Robertson .directed the screen play based on an original story by Wanda Tuchoek. . The second feature is "Romance in Manhattan," with Francis Lederer and Ginger Rogers.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 34, 3 November 1937, Page 2
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