“BROADWAY BABIES” AT GRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 867, 10 January 1930, Page 14

“BROADWAY BABIES” AT GRAND

“Broadway Babies,” a big all-talk-ing, singing and dancing picture starring Alice White, is the new attraction at the Grand Theatre from tomorrow. Gay and dazzling sets, particularly the theatrical scenes and those in the night club, add to the enjoyment of the picture, but apart from the songs, the dancing and the background. “Broadway Babies” has a real story, and one that is portrayed by an ideal cast, under the most intelligent direction. “Broadway Babies” is good for the eye and ear and it will please everyone. It’s one of the finest pictures since the introduction of the Vitaphone. “Broadway Baby Bolls,” the theme song, looks like a real hit. It was written by A 1 Bryan and George W. Meyer, as was “Jig, Jig, Jigaloo.” Grant Clarke and Harry Akst wrote “Wishing and Waiting for Love.” LYRIC SHOWS “THE NOOSE” Richard Barthelmess’s most dramatic picture, “The Noose,” will be shown this evening at the Lyric Theatre. A young boy just at college age stands with a smoking gun in his hands. His.victim is a huddled, shapeless heap on the other side of the room. This is the dramatic situation which opens “The Noose,” the picturisation of a sensational stage play. From this tense, startling opening, the story moves swiftly through a series of dramatic incidents to the finish. “The Noose” is one of the most powerful stories ever written. It deals with life in the raw, with the underworld and its gunmen and gangmen, with justice and with politics, with sympathy and compassion. “Marquis Preferred,” the second feature, is one of those charming comedy-romances by the inimitable Adolphe Menjou. CRYSTAL PALACE, MT. EDEN The current programme at the Crystal Palace Theatre will have its final screening there this evening. This includes the fine all-talking drama, "Madame X,” based on the famous stage melodrama, with Ruth Chatterton and Lewis Stone in the leading roles. Excellent supporting items will be shown. Prom tomorrow- an entirely new talking programme will be presented. In addition to a number of short talking and singing featurettes, the big talkie-comedy, "Three Live Ghosts,” will be presented.