NEW OPERA HOUSE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19928, 15 May 1930, Page 5

NEW OPERA HOUSE.

0 * S The drawing-power of a really popular picture is demonstrated by "The Gold Diggers of Broadway," now well on in Its fifth week at the New Opera House. Into the life the film reveals' were pre cipitated at the shortest notice, and at first y all unwillingly, a dignified, if somewhat 1 portly, solicitor, hitherto sheltered by a sup- " posed "sweetie"-proof sophistication, and his 1 client, the millionaire guardian of hia nephew, an immaculate young man very much in lovo with one of the girls in the chorus, who is a charming little show girl—untouched by the temptations of its life. She was the ■ protege of a girl who wag understudying for stardom, and the problem was to convince j the millionaire that his heir would not bo courting blue ruin by such a marriage as he | contemplated. ' Warner Brothers, who produced this film, ' have considerately estimated in percentages ' the importance of the various parts, and . Winnio Lightner, who has that of Mabel, | heads the list. She is the fun producer, cho laughmaker of the film, and she succeeds a i full 100 per cent. The expression on the 1 face of this well-experienced gold-digger, her smart sayings, and her art when at work on 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 the leading girl in the chorus, occupy the places next in importance with Nick Lucas, who entertains delightfully in several of the latest song num bers, including "Painting the Clouds With Sunshine" and "Tiptoe Through the Tulips."