ISLAND ROMANCE

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22460, 22 July 1938, Page 7

ISLAND ROMANCE

A romance between a handsome young aviator, whose aeroplane is wrecked on a lonely South Sea island, and a native girl, who has never before laid eyes on a white man, forms the story of "Her Jungle Love," the new Paramount Technicolour production, which is coming to the Avon. Ray Milland and Dorothy Lamour head the cast, making their first appearance together since "Jungle Princess," in which they had such a sensational success a season ago. Probably no two stars in Hollywood are more often associated with tropical romance than Milland and Dorothy Lamour, he having recently appeared in "Ebb Tide" and she in "Hurricane." In "Her Jungle Love" they are assisted by a cast of popular players, including Lynne Overman, who wisecracked his way through "Night Club Scandal." "Her Jungle Love" marks a continuation oi' the experiment which brought such success in "Ebb Tide." of using technicolour to bring out all the exotic charm and beauty of a. tropical background. But where "Ebb. Tide" took place mostly in a ship, the setting of "Her Jungle Love" is exclusively a South' Sea island which affords perfectly adapted material for colour photography. Three new songs, written by one «f Hollywood's best known teams,

Brilliant Technicolour in "Her Jungle Love"

will be heard for the first time in "Her Jungle Love." They are: "Jungle Love," "Coffee and Kisses," and "Loveli,ght in the Starlight," by Ralph Freed and Frederick Hollander, who wrote the recent hit, "Moonlight and Shadows," introduced by Dorothy Lamour and Milland in their "Jungle Princess." In addition to the new popular tunes, genuine native melodies and chants, gathered from Samoa and other sub-tropical isles, form the musical background of "Her Jungle Love." Under the direction of Boris Morros, old South Seas love songs and battle chants were adapted for inclusion in the picture, and furnish a realistic background for this story of love on a remote South Pacific island.

From torch songs to shining stardom on the screen and the radio in the space of 18 months is the exciting success story of Dorothy Lamour, who plays the part of a white "goddess" in "Her Jungle Love." In the early part of 19'iti Miss Lamour was a singer with Herbie Kay, popular young orchestra leader, whom she has since married. Her rise to stardom is attributed to her part in "The Jungle Princess," a similar role to the one she portrays in "Her Jungle Love." This is the third time she has appeared as a be-saronged "native" girl. The two previous times were in "The Jungle Princess" and in "Hurricane."