AMUSEMENTS.
"OUR MODERN MAIDENS."
DRAMATIC EXPOSE OF MODERN YOUTH.
j;VKiIYBODY'S, TO-DAV. "Our Modern Maidens," which is something in the nature! of a sequel to "Our Dancing Daughters," is the picture that made the world sit up and rub its eyes. It is modAmerican edition, and is a drama, f™ T'o nedv U was specially written for the screen I. V Josephine Lovott. boasts; a sU'. 8 "K u s at "=™ Sr - T .s sax srsra &&&*&&*& brighter lieht thftn their colleagues. Modern Maidens" is and so lon<* as Hollywood sends out spues like this -silent production must continue. Joan Crawford heads a cast of stars, j 1 ' 01 "' 1 '" 8 \nita Page, Josephine Dunn, Douglas Tair banks, jun . Rod La Rocque, Elliott Nugent, and Albert Gran, all of whom are seen to distinct advantage in this masterpiece of screen-craft. "Jov Street" is cast in the same mould of deliberate frivolity, luxury, and an unwillingness to pay up. . Mr Albert Bidgood has arranged the tallowing musical programme for the 'Select Orchestra: —Overture, "Prelude in 0 Sharp Minor" (Rachmaninoff); suites, "L'Arlesienne" (Bizet), "La Fiesta" (Lacombe), "Xortliern Impressions" (Grieg), "Mountain Scenes" (Schoenfeld) ; selections, "The J,ove Parade" (Maurice). "Peggy Ann' (Rogers), "Oh Kay" (Gershwin), "Romansa" (Granados), "Lip Stick" (Murray), "Harlequinade" (Squire), "La Rosita (Dupont); fox-trots, "Can't Help Loving Dat Man" (Friml), "Oelia" (Rosoff) ; entr'acte, "I'm a Dreamer" (Henderson). The box plans are at The Bristol Piano Company, where seats may be reserved.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19861, 24 February 1930, Page 6
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