MERRY COMEDY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1021, 11 July 1930, Page 17

MERRY COMEDY

“SHANNONS OF BROADWAY” PLAZA’S FINE SHOW James and Lucille Webster Gleason, the highest-priced comedy team in the world, achieve their greatest successsurmounting anything they have ever done on the stage—in the all-talking production of Gleason’s comedy hit, "The Shannons of Broadway,” now playing at the Plaza Theatre. This achievement is reached largely through the fact that the screen production of the "Shannons” contains features the stage production lacked,and is far wider in scope, particularly in the range of its fast-moving action. The new features are principally the addition of three new song hits one of which is played and sung by Gleason himself. The songs, written especially for the picture, are "Get Happy, the peppv number Gleason sings, Someone to Love Me,” the love song, and “Living the Life of Riley, which the Gleasons use in their stage numbers. Flawless support is given the Gleasons especially by Mary PhUbin .n the rolo of “Tessie.” the loveable little country girl whose romance is more than even the hard-boiled "Shannons can resist, and—as was to be expected —by three members of the original "Shannons” company when it broke all records at the theatre in Jsew Tork Harry Tyler'Giadys Crolius and Helen M Th<Tphfza's new programme also included "Hot for Paris.” the delightfully amusing and fast-moving romance comedY which delighted audiences at the Civic recently- Victor McLaglen, Li Brendel and Fill Dorsay are the stars. TT ar rv Pollard will direct Joan Crawfo£ fn y the Picturis.t!on of "The Great pav ** current stage hit. The play by William Cary Duncan and John Well-** With us romantic Mississippi River background has been adapted for the screen by James Montgomery, and wM with its dramatic strength Inhaated TH, main song hits, "The Great Day,” "Without a Song,” and oreat ijr y. - the original \ipcent < Wounian’'» »3ore, will be included.