“THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 905, 24 February 1930, Page 15

“THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE”

BIG SHOW FOR NEW REGENT / Conrad Nagel, whose talking voice Is rtcognised as without peer in the screen world, now bursts into song. Ke makes his singing debut in “The Hollywood Revue," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s musical and talking extravasanza coming shortly to the New Regent Theatre. Conrad sings “You Were Mean t for Me,*’ one of the big song hits of The Broadway Melody, *' in imitation ot Charles King. He plays his own accompaniment while singing this hit ballad to Anita, Page. 0 His possibilities as a singer were not discovered until he was found joining with “Ukelele Ike” (Cliff Edwards) on the rehearsal stage. Then he was promptly given some sopg numbers in the big spectacle, so npw. In addition to appearing as interloctu*or in a minstrel sequence, Nagel sings. This great sound picture is •Sowed with more than 20 song hits 8s well as the greatest cast of principals ever assembled for one motion picture. It also lias a huge dancing chorus of beautiful girls. Besides Conracl Nagel, the cast includes Marion Davies. John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, Bessie Dove, Anita Page, •ioan Crawford, Charles King, ‘Ukelele Ike,” Buster Keaton. Gwen Lee, William Haines. Marie Dressier, Folly Moran, Jack Benny, The Brox Sisters. Gus Edwards, Natacha Nattova, the Albertina Rasche ballet, the Rounders, Karl Dane and George K-. Arthur, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and many others. Charles F. Reisner directed the revue. Ensemble numbers were staged by Sammy Lee and Georg© Cunningham. Settings for the gigantic production are by Cedric Gibbons and Captain Richard Day.