NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 908, 27 February 1930, Page 17

NEW REGENT

“THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE” “Marianne,” the merry talkie comedy starring Marion Davies will, together with the accompanying items, have its final screening at the New Regent Theatre this evening. Songs even more popular, if this is possible, than those which became instantaneous hits with the production of “The Broadway Melody” are introduced in abundance, and for the first time with “The Hollywood Revue," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s great musical motion picture, coming tomorrow to the New Regent Theatre. The country will presently he “Singin’ in the Rain” if American audiences are judges of what’s popular in music, and this a true criterion with the song numbers of “Broadway Melody.” “Singin’ in the Rain” is one of the many tuneful melodies In “The Hollywood Revue.” Stage carpenters, e.ectricians, property men, and labourers were humming the new tune as they worked after "listening in” on but two rehearsals of the number, which is one of the features of the huge extravaganza. “Your Mother and Mine” is another exceptionally tuneful melody from the pens of Gus Edwards and Joe Goodwin. “I Gotta Feelin’ for You by Joe Trent and Louis Alter is crooned by Joan Crawford before she does her dance in an act of her own. “Just You —JuSt Me” by Jesse Greer and” Raymond Klages, which is sung by the Brox Sisters, revue harmonists, promises to be a song hit. “Orange Blossom Time” by Gus Edwards and Joe Goodwin, is the melodv heard in the huge spectacular orange grove number filmed in technicolour, which closes the stupendous “Revue.” "Jewel of My Heart” and ‘ Strike Up the Band” are from the prolific pen of Fred Fiser, famous author of “Dardanella” and other hits. Other songs and musical numbers are "Gotta Get Together” by Jesse Greer and Raymond Klages; “Bones and Tambourines,” by Fred Fisher; “j’m the Queen,” by Martin Firoones and Andy Rice; “Charley, Ike and Gus” and "Marie. Polly and Bess,” by Gus Edward and Joe Goodwin, who also wrote “Lon Chaney’s Goin’ to Get You” and "Nobody But You” and “Minstrel Days.” “Black and White” and "A Low Down Rhythm” are new songs byJesse Greer and Raymond Klages.