MUNICIPAL THEATRE
"GRAND OLD GEBL" AND "ROMANCE IN MANHATTAN." Ziegfcld glorified the Ameriean girl, but it has remained for May Robson to glorxfy the school teacher in the new feature film, "Grand Old Girl," at the Municipal Theatre. Frequently the objcci of caricature and good-natured gibes in many fllms, playB and stories, the school teacher for the flrst time is painted in a truly heroie light in " Grand Old Girl. ' ' Her service to the childhood of a nation is eulogised is a second only to that of motherhood. Laura Bay:cs, portrayed by May Robson, is the clderly principal of Avondale high sehool. In trying to rid the town of a supposed malted milk shop where her students drink liquor and gamble, she appears on the verge' of ridding herself of a job. The emotion charged situation builds to what is said to be a heart-stirring climax. In addition co Miss Carlisle and MacMurray, Alan Hale, Hale Hamilton, William Burress, Etienne Girardot, EdwaTd Van Sloan, Tlieodor von Eltz and othcrs support Miss Eobson. John Robertson diroctcd the sereen play based on ari original story by Wanda Tuchoek. The second feature is "Bomance in Manhattan," with Francis Lederer and Ginger Koger*.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 35, 4 November 1937, Page 10
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199MUNICIPAL THEATRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 35, 4 November 1937, Page 10
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