ROLE IN “SHOW BOAT”
LAURA LA PLANTE IN BIG TALKIE There has been much discussion as to whether the public’s favourite screen stars would be pushed aside, due to inferior voices and acting 1 technique, as a result of the ascendancy of talking pictures. Laura La Plante, Xlniversal’s popular blonde comedienne, has proved to be an excellent talking picture star. In fact, she is shining with more brilliance than she did on the silent screen. Not only has she mastered diction and the delivery of dialogue, but she has blossomed forth as a singer of considerable appeal, and as an accomplished actress of serious roles. Her portrayal of Magnolia in “Show Boat,” the big Universal talking special coming to the Strand Theatre shortly, is a nine-days’ wonder in film circles. The part runs the gamut of gaiety, pathos, cheerfulness, tragedy, sunshine and shadow, in addition to the singing of ballads, coon songs, spirituals, and a bit of broad, almost burlesqued, acting in the show boat troupe. It is the greatest role she ever had, and she is said to reveal an artistry and powers hereto unsuspected in her portrayal. Joseph Schildkraut plays opposite her in the role of Gaylord Ravenal.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 717, 17 July 1929, Page 14
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200ROLE IN “SHOW BOAT” Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 717, 17 July 1929, Page 14
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