AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 140, 1 February 1939, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

“THE COLOWYN FOLLIES’*

L.VYISH TECHNICOLOFit

MUSICAL

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 Gokhvyn’s 2-3 years of picture-making to carry the producer’s name, will be screened at the J)e. L use Theatre on Thursday Friday, Tdatinee Thursday. The musical, which also marks the producer’s swing, to the colour standard', has been produced on a scale more lavish, more oculent and more magnificent than anything the screen has ever known.

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. Parade of Stars.

From radio he took .Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, the comedy sensation of the world!; Kenny Baker, Jack Benny’s silver-voiced romanticist; irrepressible Phil Baker and his aecordian ; from grand opera, lovely Helen Jepson and the sensational newcomer, Charles Kallmann; from the world of the dance, the beautiful Zorina and George Balanhcino’s American Ballet of the 'Metropolitan Opera; and from musical comedy goggle-eyed Bobby Clark to clown with petite Ella Logan. Then there arc the hand-picked Gorgeous Goldwyn Girls as well as Hollywood's 12 loveliest andi most talentedj tap. dancers; Jerome Cowan, Nydia Westman, Frank Shields and a hundred mere who lit. into the pattern of one of Ben Hecht’s best stories—a, comedy of Hollywood which casts Menjoni as a film producer out of touch with his public; and Andrea Leeds as the typical American girl whom he hires as “.Miss Humanity” to keep him posted on what the public wants.

“The Goldwyn Follies” boasts the last and perhaps greatest score written by the late George Gershwin, studded with several very singable song hits, including “Love Walked in,” “1 Was Doing All Bight,” “I Love to Rhyme,” and “Love Is Here

to Stay”. The lyrics axe by Ira Gershwin. Richard Day designed the breathtaking settings, while the eye-filling costumes are the work of Omar Kiain. the Goldwyn hollies” was directed by George Marshall for release through United Artists.