CIVIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 896, 13 February 1930, Page 17

CIVIC

“SUNNYSIDE UP” ON SATURDAY

The splendid programme now at the Civic Taeutre will be presented, lor only two more days. The items include the talking comedy, “Charming Sinners,” a Somerset Maugham story starring Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, and William JPpwell, musical selections by Fred Scholl on the grand organ, and by Ted Henkel’s Civic Orchestra and Stage Band, also the entertaining stage presentation. “Circus Days.” Janet Gay nor turns her talent to musical comedy lor the first time in “Sunny Side Up.” Since the advent of talking pictures, the diminutive little actress has been preparing for her debut as a singing and dancing comedienne. Lacking actual stage experience, she really had to start all over again. ller success in “7th Heaven,” “Street Angel,” “Four Devils” and “Lucky Star,” her first pictures, plainly indicated that unlike so many screen stars who have been submerged by the audible film wave, Miss Gaynor is destined to rise to even greater heights via the new medium. When De Sylva, Brown and Henderson. authors of eight highly successful Broadway musical comedies and scores of popular song hits, perpared “Sunny Side Up” for Fox Movietone, they had Miss Gaynor in mind, and cleverly wove her personality into the highly interesting story which forms the background for the production. No less than seven new song hits are played and sung in the course of the screen and musical comedy.' A 35-piece jazz orchestra, under the direction of Howard Jackson, a 42piece boys’ band, a society charity show, water carnival, an East Side Fourth of July block party, and a beauty chorus of 60 are unusual feattures of “Sunny Side Up.” which is the feature at the Civic Theatre on Saturday. David Butler, who has “Prep and Pep” and “Fox Movietone Follies’* to his "credit, directed this production. Seymour Felix, Broadway’s foremost dance director, staged the ensembles. A full supporting programme will also be presented.