STATE THEATRE.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 June 1938, Page 2

STATE THEATRE.

“RADIO CITY REVELS.” The programme at the State Theatre tonight is headed by “Radio City Revels.” Revolving about one of the most ingenious themes ever brought to the screen RKO Radio’s new musical comedy hit, “Radio City Revels,” has been lavishly produced with a star-studded cast headed by Bob Burns, Jack Oakie, Kenny Baker and Ann Miller, and with a melange of lyrics and laughter and dancing among its entertainment features. The theme of the film is based on what psychologists call “automatic writing,” the peculiar faculty some few persons possess of being able to write in their sleep or in a subconscious state. Bob Burns is an Arkansas hill-billy who yearns to become a song-composer; although his efforts while awake are hopelessly amateurish. When he is asleep, he can—and does—write sparkling songs, and on this odd phenomenon the whole plot of the picture hinges. A triangular romance develops among Jack Oakie, Baker, and Ann Miller, sensational dancing ingenue. Victor Moore as the Radio City producer, Milton Berle, as Oakie’s pianist and Helen Broderick as Ann Miller’s acid-tongued sister, are also heavily involved in the comedy and romantic phases of the picture, as are Buster West and Melissa Mason, the novelty dancing pair of “White Horse Inn” fame. Many catchy songs are featured.