“KING OF JAZZ”

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1041, 4 August 1930, Page 15

“KING OF JAZZ”

SPECTACULAR PRODUCTION "King of Jazz/* the Universal allteehnicolour super production, starring 'Whiteman and his band, .which has been completed at Universal City, ia said to be the biggest musical spectable yet attempted on either stage ur screen. The picture has been in the making for the past six months Eight huge musical numbers, each a monumental production in itself, hav® been “shot,” together with the innumerable specialties and comedy sketches which run between them. "The Bridal Veil,” “A Bench in the Park,” “Happy Foot,” “The Song of ine Dawn,” “My Ragamuffin Romeo,” .The Rhapsody in Blue,” “It Happened m Monteroy,” and “The Melting Pot” u re the lavish numbers, all of which "ere created and directed, as was the res *t of the picture, by John Murray •Anderson. Besides Whiteman and his band, John Boles. Laura. La Plante, Charlie Alurray, George Sidney. Jeanette Loff, Slim” Summerville, Glenn Tryon, -uerna Kennedy, Otis Harlan, Kathryn crawford, Billy Kent. Grace Hayes. Jeanie Lang, the Sisters G„ George eniles. Frank Leslie, The Bronx Sis- | ,* rs . Charles Irwin, A 1 Norma, Paul i toward, Jacdueg Cartier, Stanley Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys, •iarian Statler and Don Roso. the tommy Atkins Sextet, and Nell O’Day, übur Hall, John Fulton, the Hollyl Beauties and the famous Rus- ; Se U Market dancers are featured. ..Export knowledge of the intricacies of golf course etiquette was an imperative requirement when 200 extra PJavers were engaged for “Follow Jhru,” an all-colour screen musical c ome<Jy, co-starring Nancy Carroll an d Charles (Buddy) Rogers. The extras formed the gallery watching the. 1 £S , match between Miss Carroll and Jnelma Todd. , daughter,” Nancy Carroll’s next alldramatic picture, has gone into Production at the New' York studios. \ e play is adapted from an origin|u story by Harry D’Arrast, Who is ‘ a ° handling the direction. Fredric is featured in the male lead and ank Morgan plays the chief support's role.