CAPTAIN ANDY HAWK’S COTTON PALACE SHOW BOAT
One of the many spectacular scenes in “SHOW BOAT,” the super talking and singing picture based on the New York musical comedy success, which will be shown at the STRAND THEATRE. The screen production is rich in music, including the negro spirituals so popular today. The glittering show boat band, the groups of darkies on the wharves, the coon-shouters of the Chicago music-halls, all contribute to this picture. Much of the action and gripping drama of this production takes place on a real Mississippi River Show Boat, constructed especially for the picture. The romance and young love amid these bizarre surroundings make one of the most touching sweetheart stories ever filmed. Laura La Plante appears as Magnolia, together with a number of Ziegfeld stars from New York,
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 730, 1 August 1929, Page 16
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134CAPTAIN ANDY HAWK’S COTTON PALACE SHOW BOAT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 730, 1 August 1929, Page 16
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