“THE BIG PARTY”

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1027, 18 July 1930, Page 15

“THE BIG PARTY”

GAIETY AND YOUTH PLAZA’S FINE SHOW With the alternative of marriage to a 3'onngster poor as herself, or a life of ease as a rtilllionalre’s favourite, which should she choose? Which choice would any lovely lass of spirit make? •You, of course, know which you* would take, but that is not necessarily, the path selected by “Kitty” in “The Big Party,” the Pox Movietone musical production which opened yesterday at tho Plaza Theatre, and held one’s Interest without a single let-up from start to finish in this musical triumph. In this amusing and tuneful story or a shopgirl’s romance, director John

Blystone has cleverly woven hb narrative thread into a fast-movinr background o f cafes, shops, nigln clubs, and . apartments, representing every stratum of New York life, and has done if in a manner that makes the film frequently hilarious and always entertaining.

Sue Carol, Dixie Lee, and Walter Catlett enact the leading roles of the picture, and all three give excellent performances, while Charles Judels supplies a large share of the comedy “Whispering” Jack Smith, Richard Keene, and other screen and stage celebrities have characterisations that will further delight their followers. The songs are air of the type you find yourself whistling as you leave tho theatre.

It is a musical movietone melodydrama we wholeheartedly endorse. It is refreshingly entertaining, and delightful in every song and situation. Tho same programme includes a number of particularly fine talking and singing featurettes.