A NOVEL MUSICAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 45, 22 February 1934, Page 8

A NOVEL MUSICAL.

REGENT'S FILM FOR FRIDAY. Walter Winehell, the famous Broadwav gossip columnist whose "gossip of to-dav is to-morrow's scandal." is author of the story of 'Broadway Through a Keyhole," tiie Hegent s release for to-morrow. It was produced by Twentieth Century and features Constance Cummings, Russ Colunibo, Paul Kelly, Blossom Seeley, Abe Lyman, and his band, Gregory Ratoff. lexas Guinan, Eddie Foy, jun., and Frances Williams. "Broadway Through a Keyhole" has a background of night clubs, and shows how a sweet and innocent young girl rose to tame, a s befriended by a handsome young gentleman adventurer" and finally became the wife of a famous radio crooner. Because of the night club background, the picture was filmed as a musical with a large dancing chorus and such musical comedy and vaudeville stars as Frances Williams, Eddie Foy, jun., and Bai to and Mann doing their dancing and singing turn. Other famous Broadway personalities are Blossom Seele.v, Texas" Guinan and Abe Lyman and his band. Constance Cummings, Russ Columbo and Paul Kelly play the three leading roles Others in the cast are Hugh O'Connell, Hobart Cavanaugh, C. Henry Gordon and Helen Jerome Eddy. Lowell Sherman directed, from the script by Gene Towne «Sr Gra » am Baker. The Regent, with Broadway Through a Keyhole, 9 offers its patrons a novel treat in the innovation to Auckland of "organlogues," under a bracket- entitled "Round the World in Song."