AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Issue 7, 7 March 1938, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

“too men And a girl m Deanna Durbin, who rose to screen fame m “Three (smart Girls,” will be starred in Her .second picture, Universal s “100 Men ami a Girl,” a comedy drama, with music widen opens to-day at the J)e Luxe Theatre. Featured with Deanna Durbin is Leopold .Stokowski famous conductor of the i'lulaUeipma fSyinphonj. An unusual cast surrounds Deanna. Adolphe -Vlenjmi is seen as Her iatiior. a musician who, with 1.00 fellow artists seeks recognition of talent, and a. chance for a livelihood. Alice ifruuv , -..rtravs a sU/k-tv matron wiio promises Dcafimi to sponsor the or-,-besi:'a. Tin u the rb h woman flounces' (.■if to i-.-ui'v.pe ana leaves Menjou aim iX'-iir.iui i.i tne fitr-eii. husband, has the situation placed sauar.-iv beior<- him cm ids shiny maiiogauv detic by Deanna Durbin. Her V.. at statement of the lUf) men's, .ac.. ..use.-, him to agree to sponsor tiie :-rohcstra, providing . litokowsi.; v, id c- nduct it. - Nothing daunted, Deanna- goes toStokov, sM. ;She' charms him first, vital her-singing-' He agrees to bear ‘.no or-, chestra and finds they are excellent musicians. Then the story sweeps to its climax, carrying human drama, dot light;u! comedy and memorable, music to a- rhythmic crest. StoKowski lias devised a new method of recording music, which gives the effect of sound in perspective. But this cliroliicle would not be complete without noting the wild untrammeled presence of Mascha Auer, ,the mad merry musician of the. Muscovites, in “100 Men and a Girl.” iio makes flutes flutter, tubas twitter and cellos shimmy. 'Plie same pair who made “Three Smart Girls,” director Henry Roster and associate producer Joseph Pas tenale. turned out this offering from the screen play by Bruce Manning, Charles Kenyon and Hans Kraly. Charles R. Rogers was the executive producer.