GIFTED ENTERTAIN KENT TEAM PROVIDE STIRRING S ONG SPECTACLE AT PLAZA

Taranaki Central Press, Volume V, Issue 457, 26 June 1937, Page 3

GIFTED ENTERTAIN KENT TEAM PROVIDE STIRRING S ONG SPECTACLE AT PLAZA

DELIGHTFUL PLAY Excerpts From Operas Rich in music, singing and scenic beauty, the Metro-Goldwyii-Mayer film version of the popular operetta “Rose Marie” hat delighted large audiences wherever shown. With its melodious score, beautiful settings and a talented cast, the picture should prove as successful a® any shown in Taranaki this year, Jeanette Mac Donald 1 and Nelson Eddy, who take the leading roles, are as delightful as they were in the film of Victor Herbert’s “Naughty Marietta,” one of the most

popular musical pictures even screened. Audiences would have been well pleased to hear them singing merely the original score, which includes “The Indian Love Call,” “Rose Marie, I Love You,” “Song of the Mounties” and several other items. But the picture also presents selections from the operas “Romeo and Juliet” and “La Tosca.” The result is a musical feast, set against magnificent back-grounds of mountain trails, shimmering lakes and 1 cloudflecked skies. Miss MacDonald’s earlier scenes display her as a temperamental prima donna. Hey artificial manners and her sudden reversions from public amiability to private storms of rage demand an acute sense of comedy in which the is never lacking.

THE SHADOW OF EDDY Two Singers Together Some of you liava wondered why Allun Jones, fine singer that he is and' despite his success when lent to Universal for the masculine lead opposite Irene Dunne in “Show Boat,” had appeared only in supporting roles at M-G-M. The shadow across the path of home success has been Nelson Eddy, who was established at M-G-M when Jones was put under contract. The two singers do not

resemble each other facially, but, whenever a good male singer is required to warble with Jeanette MacDonald, the name of Eddy and not Jones, seeps into tWfe minds of t'he powers-that-be. Fortunately for Mr. Jones, his rival has a penchant for long concert tours.; and with the cat away the mouse gets a long-awaited chance to play. Both are again together in “Rose Marie."

CRYSTAL CLEAR Mountain Air Perfect Medium For Music The glorious operatic voice of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy will ring out more triumphantly than ever in “Rose Marie” because of the unusual altitude of their six-week mountain location. Such was the astonishing announcement of Mr. Edouard Lippe, Nelson Eddy’s vocal teacher, while with the star at Lake Tahoe to conch him

through the outdoor numbers of the giant musical, the first to be filmed gainst natural backgrounds. “We discovered it the first d'ay here,” Lipps said. “Between scenes .n a mountain valley set, Jeanette and Nelson harmonised, softly in “Th® Indian Love Call.’ At the first bar they looked at each otllijer in surprise. To the musical ear, the- tones were as clear and bell-liks as a flute. Tense Silence. “No one spoke during the minute, then the machine burst out with the recording. It was beautifully clear, no rough edges, none of the usual haze which singers must rehearte to cut through. It was an exciting discovery for us.” Lippe explained that the altitude a mile and a half above sea level, was responsible. (