FRANK NEIL’S REVUE
Next Wednesday, at the Grand Opera House, Wellington, the opening gala performance will take place of Frank Neil’s | spectacular Hollywood revue, “Hello, Popeye.” “Hello, Popeye” will serve to present for the first time to playgoers of Wellington Mr. Billy Costello, who is famous for the fact that he created the character of CM), original Popeye the Sailorman, of Max Fleischerls popular cartoons. Mr, Costello, it is said, possesses a magnetic personality and he presents a modern entertainment ''which is right in tempo with the rhythm of 1038. He has the knack of making himself right at home with his audience the moment he steps on the stage. The grown-ups appreciate him as a great revue artist, and he is popular with children wherever he appears. One of the outstanding attractions in “Hello, Popeye” is that provided by Sid Page, Joey Porter, and together with Peggy Earle and Ruth Rudie, this talented quartette offer an act which is built for fun purposes only. “The Sublime to the Ridiculous” is the title of the brilliantly clever act presented by the Elite Trio. Like all the revues presented by Frank Neil, the work of the Sydney Tivoli beauty ballet is a feature of “Hello, Popeye.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19380812.2.26
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 271, 12 August 1938, Page 5
Word Count
205FRANK NEIL’S REVUE Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 271, 12 August 1938, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in