Foresters’ Hall Pictures

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 308, 30 December 1939, Page 2

Foresters’ Hall Pictures

“THE GOLDWYN POLLIES’» Presenting a dazzling array of stars and a variety of talent that staggers the imagination, “The Goldwyn Follies,” the glorious technicolour musical extravaganza which marks the first entertainment in Goldwyn’s 25 years of pic-ture-making to carry the producer’s name, screens at the Foresters’ Hall Pictures to-day only at 1.45 p.m. and 8 p.m. Goldwyn invaded every field of entertainment to find stars to augment the screen cast headed by suave Adolphe Menjou, the Ritz Brothers and the beautiful rising young star, Andrea Leeds. From radio he took Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, the comedy sensation of the Kenny Baker, Jack

Benny's silver voiced romanticist; irrepressible Phil Baker and his accordeon; from grand opera, lovely Helen Jepson and the sensational newcomer, Charles Kullman; from tho world of tho dance, the beautiful Zorina and George Balanchine's American ballet of the Metropolitan Opera; and from musical comedy goggle-eyed Bobby Clark to. clown with

)- petite Ella Logan. '‘The Goldwyn Fol* ; lies” boasts the last and perhaps greatn est score written by the late George s Gershwin, studded with several very !, singable song hits, including 1 ‘Love Walker In,” ”1 Was Doing All Right,” - “I Love to Rhyme” and “Love is Here y to Stay.” The lyrics are by Ira Gcrsh--1 j win.