ST.. JAMES
“NO, NO, NANETTE” A farcical comedy, set against one of the most lavish backgrounds Hollywood has ever created, is shown in “No, No, Nanette,” the new First National picture, which is enjoying a successful season at the St. James Theatre. The story is an adaptation of the famous stage success of the same name. A big featured cast appears, headed by Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray. Lucicn Littlefield, Louise Fazenda, Lilyan Tashman, Bert Roach, Mildred Harris, Jocelyn Lee and Zasu Pitts are some of the other well-known players. “No, No, Nanette,” is the story of a kind-hearted old millionaire who can’t make his thrifty wife help him to spend his money. When he turns to a pair of young gold-diggers for assistance he gets himself into a lot of comical troubles. Tho backgrounds and settings are said to be magnificent. Four big scenes representing Holland, New York, Japan, and Mars, all filmed in technicolour, are described as the high moments of the picture. Hundreds of people take part in these multi-col-oured sequences in whirling and sparkling dances. Tho St. James programme also comprises a full list of. shorter talkie items.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300708.2.173.6
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1018, 8 July 1930, Page 15
Word Count
192ST.. JAMES Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1018, 8 July 1930, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in