King’s Theatre.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 440, 22 May 1937, Page 2

King’s Theatre.

“A Star Fell From Heaven” Joseph Schmidt, the diminutive Continental tenor, makes his second appearance in the British film, “A Star Fell From Heaven,” studiously fashioned to fit his style and appeal, which will screen at the King’s Theatre, Stratford tonight. Whiait he may lack in inches, and the conventional form of romantic screen allure, he certainly makes up for with his singing- WiWltl In what may be correctly called a semi-pathetic role, with a touch of Pagliaccism about it, he essays a stud-ent-vocalist whose voice is eventually employed to "double" for the one lost by a popular screen star. Although he achieves fame after the “showdown," that is bare consolation for the fact that the girl of his heart is won over by the film Romeo. The action embodies some wholesale guying bf film production methods. We are regaled with the presence of the producer, never at a losit for a malapropism in the cause ot publicity, the übiquitous “yes man” and so on. George Graves, W. H. Berry, famous London musical comedy actors, and Steve Geray extract some grand fun as stuido types. Billy Milton, Judy Kelly and Iris Hoey also have important roles.