"FIRST LOVE."

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 8

"FIRST LOVE."

DEAKITA DUBBIN'S LATEST.

n^ ellt r tamin ? mi wical feature that with W fl singing star Deanna Durbia "EW t » really grown-up role is it! ru -?' which to-morrow is to begin T? a ® 8e^ SOD the Regent Theatre. Deanna hag never made a poor w?V Pa M y i becaUße , of her own ability and partly because of the Joe PasternaekHenry Roster method with script and camera that ha.ve made history in the neld of the musical film.

I In the film the young lady sings four ea £ h , ln proper place, and the raiotions of an adolescent in love are dealt Hvt x realistically a nd m proper perspec«rl™i 3 <l c bl l Sradu*te« from a girls' school in the first sequence, and ia back again in the classroom at the end after a Jojourn m the luxurious home of an uncle ?hu A mily . i^ ake her life a misery, though the staff downstairs befriend her. is a singularly refreshing tale. Staclt > ®f , the young man with whom the young lady falls in love, has a part which he rlays to the full, and other# v e t* s terlin e performances include Eugene Pallette, Lewis Howard Joy, Frank Jenks and June

In common with Miss Durbin'g previous pictures, this film is a fine, clean and wholesome attraction designed for people of all ases Deannas singing equals her best, and her more mature acting augurs well for her future on the screen. It is the ideal Christmas attraction and should receive well-merited attention in its Recent season. 6