STATE THEATRE.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE TONIGHT. A star —surrounded by stars! That’s Shirley Temple, America’s top-ranking star in her best-of-all musical, “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” Stars, 40 of them, were assembled from the screen, the musical world, playwriting profession and from among dance directors for this picture where the average musical hit has one or two teams of “song-smiths,” seven star writers were assigned to the film which will be shown tonight at the State Theatre. Raymond Griffith, star of the silent films, was made executive producer. Alan Dwan, one of Hollywood’s ace directors of gay films, handled the megaphone and Nick Castle and Geneva Sawyer, dance directors were put in charge of the tap-speed routines. The star-studded cast includes Randolph Scott, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley, Phyllis Erooks, Helen Westley, Slim Summerville, Bill Robinson, Alan Dinehart, J. Edward Bromberg, Dixie Dunbar, Paul Hurst, William Demarest, Ruth Gillette, Paul Harvey, Franklin Pangborn, the Raymond Scott Quintet and many more.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 June 1938, Page 2
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157STATE THEATRE. Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 June 1938, Page 2
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