STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 February 1941, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

“THE BLUE BIRD.” i The large audience ;.t the State. Theatre lust night greatly appreciated the excellent bill <<f fare presented to' , them. The chief picture. "The Blue j ‘Bird.’’ provided patrons with some-1 ihing excepti. n.illy brilliant and cn-! , tertaining. It made an immediate ap- i peal and '.he audience spoke of it in 1 very appreciative let ins. It is certainly a picture that no one can afford to! miss. Shirley Temple jjlays the loading] 'role in the latest screen version of j Maurice Maclerlinck’s "The Blue Bird." which will be shown again io-! nigh'. The story, which appeals to i yotmg and old alike, is beautifully ] photographed in colour, and this] Drings about just the right atmosphere' of phantasy and fairy-tale so neccssury in a picture of this nature. N<* effort . the charm and great lies.-: of "The Blue! Bird" or in developing the unusual ' production values <;f the story which] lends itself so superbly to the breathtaking new lechnicoloii - /. A bi illiai'.l. cast was selected to br:i.g tlt< beloved; roles to life, boasting a seine of film-1 ' doin'- favourite names. including; ; Shirley Temple. Spi n'.;: Byington. Ni-1 gel Bruce, Gale S ndergaard. Eddie ■ Collins, Sv’oil J...: it. •.)<•■ ie ItHph. Helen Eiicso’n. Johi ny Itm . 1! H*cxs. Cecelia I...ftiis, A! SHun :■!.•! (h :*e R-y-’ Holds. The rob- <*f Mytyl iit'ovn.v;.. Shirley T-mple with th<- grcali'C '. f-. portunitv of her career. .Mui tes I.mm him elf c sed hi ■ tJeu. e with are the one person in Ute wltoh- world! I myself wonk: hwe < ii< . n i'<>r Ute!