AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 86, 19 September 1938, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

“EP N FRANCISCO” RETURNS POPULAR. REVIVAL OF FILM triumph The successful romantic team o: (.hark Gable and Jeanette MaeDonahl is brought again to tiie screen in Metro-Goldwyn-Alayer’s “San Francisco,” currently being repeated at the De Luxe Theatre.

Again the rugged, two-fisted, jawsoeking .Gable of old and the lovely .Miss .MacDonald with the voice that thrills, are seen together, with Spencer Tracy sharing stellar honours.

‘‘San Francisco” has drama, love interest, comedy and spectacle- Gable has the rough and tough type of role in which his screen public likes him best. Miss MacDonald lias-the ideal part to give her opportunity to sing, and when she sings there is a reason for her singing for her songs are a part of the plot.

Tne story, directed hv W. S. Van Dyke and produced by Bernard Hyman and John Emerson, is tiie story of the Barbary Coast oi thirty years age. opening on ‘New Year's Eve, 1906, and continuing through one ol the most disastrous dramas of the century, the .dan Francisco earthquake and fire. 7

Gable is tlie boss of one ot the most popular resorts on the Barbary Coast. Miss MacDonald is the small town girl who wanders into his dance hall, filled with ambition to become a greatsinger- Beginning her career on the Coast, she succeeds in rising to operatic heights, hut returns to the Coast to sing in tights for the man she loves.

Gable has never been seen to greater advantage than in his present role, in which he gives a performance that stands out for its power and sharply etched character delineation. Miss McDonald. singing songs which range from simple ballads to glorious operatic arias, surpasses even her superb work in ‘‘Naughty Marietta.”