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Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1931, Page 3

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"THE ROGUE SONG.” TO-NIGHT AND THURSDAY. ' The - talking-picture debut of Lawrence Tibbett,.' internationally known Metropolitan,, opera. star, will take place;-at ;the .Princess Theatre to-night in.- "The : Rogue Song,’’• a Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayei- , production, directed -hy Lionel "Barrymore rand -filmed, entirely, i n techn icolor. - - The ■>: picture^vlhe -first approach to an - operatic .fihn,u%-|:Considered to he: one- of,’. |he, ; most important .productions; of the year and entailed -elaborate 1 pre- - pa-rations - - ; --- an Albeytina Resell ballet/ of .100 .pirls Avho dance ; to special music ballets colour details,, .the picture is not Phigb-brow,” Lionel Barrymore the director, making it a point to sub. merge the music to the romantic plot and using the songs only, at, strategic) points..in the narrative, where they will be heard as a natural part of the story, .; Tibbett-.plays an, adventurous ban-, Hit, ? leader, pf adventurers, who roam the Caucasus Mountains robbing the rich .Und; giving to. the poor .much in the manner of Robin Hood. When he meets, a Russian,-princess, played by Catherine, Dple, Owen, the romance begins. ; 'Thej,picture is Said to contain a. number -of daring cavalry scenes for which Russian Cossacks were engaged. Several Hundred horsemen' making up a singing .chorus,; ~ The songs .of the production', which range from, operatic numbers to simple love >.arq. accompanied by a. They include, .the Georgian -Hills,’.’ “To Live,; to Love,”.’ “When • I’m Looking at.. You,,” : ‘‘Little AVhite Dove,” “The Rogue. Song” an(U.‘‘The Bandit Chorus.” /■./,• ..- ■) v.,v- : - -

Tibbett is supported by a large cast which includes , Catherine Dal© Owen. Judith Y-osselli,. Wallace MacDonald, Nance O’Neill, Kate Brice, Ullrich Hauptf.-Bprr Macintosh, Lionel Belliioi’e,’* Janies Bradbury, jr., Florence Lake; , ~>•y