ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 160, 6 June 1940, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

METEOR THEATRE. “THE STAR MAKER.” The world’s foremost exponent of popular song, the incomparable Bing Crosby, is returning to the screen in a new comedy-drama, “The Star Maker,” now showing at the Meteor Theatre. Based on the career of the famed showman Gus Edwards, the picture casts Bing as a penniless song writer who is convinced that lie has a real future .in the show business. It takes Bing through all the high lights of Edwards’ career, shows him succeeding with kiddie shows, rebuffed by the (Jerry Society for having children perforin after 10 o’clock, and finally trying to win success on tiie radio. A great supporting cast includes Louise Campbell, Ned Sparks, Laura Hope Crews, ("Walter Damrosch, dean of symphonic conductors, and Linda Ware, • the sensational 14-ycar-old singing discovery. The picture is replete with song, with Bing Crosby singing such Gus Edwards’ favourites as “In Jly Merry Oldsmobilp,” “School Days,” “Jimmy Valentine,’.’ and many others. Bing also sings four now hits, including “An Apple for the Teacher” and “A Man and His Dreams.” Linda Ware sings many songs, old and new. Bing Crosby is no believer in sticking to the same leading lady in picture after picture, and consequently a new one is featured in “The Star Maker,” Louise Campbell, who is cast as a girl who helps the matron of an orphanage, and finally consents to marry Bing. She helps him succeed in his ambition to gel; to the top in show business by making stars out of talented children. MAYFAIR THEATRE. “MAYTIME.” “Maytime,” based on the unforgotlable Broadway plav by Rida Johnson Young, now showing at the Mayfair Theatre, is enhanced tenfold by the vaster resources of Hollywood and the artistry of Metro-Gold-vvyn-Mayer workmen. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy are the stars and John Barrymore appears in his first role since “Romeo and Juliet.” Lynne Carver. a screen newcomer, has (he juvenile feminine romantic part with Tom Brown. Hollywood’s “Maytime” is a lavish thing, beautiful' io see and lovely to hear. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy add to the laurels thcj r/ won m “Naughty Marietta” and “Rose Marie.” Their song together. “Will You 'Remember.?” from the stage play, is tinforgotta LI”. Miss , MacDonald aiso sings two complete operatic arias and parts of otiieis. Eddy sings' three excellent novelty songs, “Students’ Drinking Song.” “Vive L’Opora” and “Virginia Ilam and Eggs.” Together, they give a beautiful rendition of the folksong, “Carry Mo Back to Old Virginny.” KOSY THEATRE. “A FAMILY AFFAIR.” For twenty years, Judge Hardy (Lionel Barrymore) has been revered by Carvel County, as a just judge. At home, one night, Mrs Hardy and Aunt Milly prepare a feast to welcome Marion Hardy (Cecilia. Parker) home from college. Young Andy " (Mickey Rooney) the 14-year-old son of the house, is furious because directly . after dinner ho not only must attend'a party, hut has to escort a girl, too. And bis sister, Joan, and her husband, Bill, will be there. And Bill is his particular hero. Judge Hardy has had one of the country’s most noted civil engineers make an analysis of the aqueduct project and learned that Carvel stood to lose its valuable water supply, which would have been diverted to a nearby city, and the people of Carvel would have been ruined. Ilia restraining order will be permanent until another Act has been passed by Congress that is fair to the community. When the bedlam has died down Judge James K. Hardy is re-elected by popular acclaim A story with the flavour of to-duy’s headlines is on the screen at the Kosy Theatre in “Song of the City,” written bv Michael Fessier, crack newspaper man The narrative deals with a reckless, likeable youth who loses his money in a stock deal. Determined that he will not marry for money he starts for San Francisco. Grossing the bay he is washed overboard. An Italian fisherman picks him up and tuke9 him home. '