King George Theatre

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 2, 5 June 1930, Page 5

King George Theatre

FUIJiBEALUTY OF M^QRITA '

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Music, Draraaj Colour in Super-TalM^

As a, picture, '* Rio .Rita' 3 s-hould fire the world with entihusmsm even greater thaa diil the ■ZiegfeU'd 'stageprodisction in,i*s 62 weeks inNew York. Harry Tieraqy's musk, -that set the world huin,miug, will, live anew now that it caa be heard by/ infinitely larger audieaces. littther R-eed, director, .has enlarged the stage production giving the screen version.'a broader sweep and a sense of bigness that world not be possible within the confines of the stage. Particular is t&Ls true in the te-ehnicoloT sequences in which several hundred persons participate. '•.-'■ Several of the same players who were prominent in theofginal stage production arc seen and heard in the screen version. Outstanding among these are Be-nt Wheeler, Kobert Woolesy and Helen Kaiser. .John Boles, who plays Ca*t. Jim Sr-Avart, chief of Texas Bangers, sings ..-as a pasfcmaster ;of the operatic art, yet Be;be Daniels, who makes her debut as a songbird in "Bio Bita,"L- a worthy partner, both in vocal iiud acting ability. Dorothy Lee lends a spritcly axr to the picture, and sings several effective numbers with Bert Wheeler. 'Georgo Konevant is ideally cast as Ravenoff, who latCT turns out to be taho "Kinkajow," the daring mystery bandit the captnroof whom forms tho theme of the production. Don Alvarado does ster-LLasg work, in fact, -every member of the big cast seems to have been selected with cai-o to the end that "Rio RLta" might be a flawless production. "Rio Rita" is eye-fillingi ear-soothing W-stirring! It has eveiything that makes for keen interest in sound films. It is lavish in it* scope, prodigal mite beauty, and has every right to be cffiarefc&d as the finest musical extravagan. za ye* fco •greet the eyes and ears of picture goers.