PARAMOUNT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 82, 3 October 1929, Page 5

PARAMOUNT THEATRE.

Depths of ' tragedy are sounded by Al Jolson .iv "The Singing Fool," which is now ia Its second week at the Paramount Theatre. Jolsou is one of the most powerful emotional a care-free entertainer—a singing waiter In a New York cabaret—but eveutually there comes to him a weight of sorrow and mental stress that entirely changes the course of his life Everything which he ha 3 attained through years of striving Is suddenly stripped from him, and the way he meets and copes with nl3 misfortunes makes a story of absorbing heart Interest Married to a revue star who falU In love with another man, the singing waiter suffers torments, which include the death of the child to whom he is passionately devoted. Betty Bronson and Josephine Dunn have the leading roles opposite the star. The sound supporting features include overture to "Tannha,user," by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, a duct between. Martinelli and a basso from the opera, "La Jounc," while Mscha Elman, the famous violinist, ■ contributes several numbers, and "Between the Acts of tho Opera" is a comic sinsing sketch by the Howard Brothers.