CIVIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 909, 28 February 1930, Page 14

CIVIC

“THEY HAD TO SEE PARIS” The current programme at the Civic Theatre will have its final presentation this evening. It is headed Dy the spectacular singing and dancing production, “Broadway,” starring Glenn Tryon and Merna Kennedy, and includes a splendid musical programme by Fred Scholl at the organ and Ted Henkel with his Symphony Orchestra and Stage Band presentation, “Orient- “ They Had to See Paris,” Will Rogers’s first all-talking picture, will #e the attraction at the Civic from tomorrow. The story was written by Homer Croy, the dialogue by Owen Davis, sen., dean of American playwrights. Frank Borzage directed the production. It is a Fox Movietone production. The story deals with the sudden rise to wealth of an Oklahoma family when an oil well comes in a “gusher,” and their desire to see Paris individually and collectively. The trip is made in grand style, and once in the French metropolis Mrs. Peters is determined to marry her daughter to a title. Shfe plunges into society in spite of the protests of her less ambitious husband. The events that follow are as laughable as they are costly, and keep the family in a state of constant excitement. The role of Pike Peters, who becomes a millionaire over night, is enacted by Will Rogers, the best known comic personality in the United States. Irene Rich portrays his wife, while the son and daughter are played by Owen Davis, jun., and Marguerite Churchill. Others in the cast are Fifi Dorsay, Ivan Lebedeff and Rex Bell. Another excellent musical and dancing programme will also be presented.