PLAZA THEATRE.
"GOOD-NIGHT VIENNA.'* Jack Buchanan, who wag in "Man of Mayfair" and "Monte Carlo" gome time ago, ngain appears in "Good-night Vienna," a spoctacular story of the gay and colourful life of Vienna, the romantic capital, which Is to commence a season et the Plaza Theatre on Saturday. The film has an enchanting background of Viennese music that sets the story off to its best advantage. Holt Marvell and George Posford, who are responsible for the story, have made a cohesive tale, with none of the improbabilities that frequently occur in productions where music and song are brought In without regard to credibility. Mr Buchanan takes the role of Captain Max. of the Austrian cavalry, whose father was an eccentric old genera!, to whom the word of the Emperor was law. The captain fell in love with » pretty flower-seller, but the Emperor "commanded" that he should marry a countess. Just at this time Austria went to war with Servia, the culmination of which saw the Emperor dead and the status of the Austrian aristocracy considerably reduced. The love story of Max and the flower-girl, taken by Anna Noagle, a newcomer to the films, makes delightful entertainment.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20621, 10 August 1932, Page 5
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