NEW OPERA HOUSE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19918, 3 May 1930, Page 7

NEW OPERA HOUSE.

Pursuing its triumphant way at the Opera Houae, "The Gold Diggers ot Broadway" describe# the life of the denizens of the "great white way," revealing *ll their virtues and ws&kiiosafis.

Into such * life, the film reveals, were precipitated at the shortest notice and at first all unwillingly a dignified, it somewhat portly, solicitor, hitherto sheltered by a/apposed 4 sweetie'' -proof sophistication and his client, the millionaire guardian of bis nephew, an immaculate young man very much In lot* with one of the girls in the chorus, who is • charming little show girl—untouched by the temptations: of its Uf# She was the protegee of a girl who was understudying for stardom, and the problem was to convince the millionaire that his heir would not be courting blue ruin by ®ucb ft marriag® at h* contemplated ..... Warner Brothers, who produced this fllm. have considerately ««ttm*ted In percentages the importance of th* various parts, and Winnie Llghtner. who has that of liable, heads the list. She is the fun. producer, the laughmaker of the film, and she succeeds a full 100 per cent. The expression on th* face of this well-experienced gold digger, her smart sayings, and her art when at. work in a victim compel laughter. Then Conway Tearle as the millionaire. Nancy Welford as Jerry, who is understudying to become a star, and Ann Pennington as Mabel, leading girl in the chorus, occupy the places next in importance with Kick Lucas, who entertains delightfully in several of the latest song numbers, Including VPainting th# Clouds With Sunshine" and "Tiptoe Through the Tulips."