ST. JAMES THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 5

ST. JAMES THEATRE.

"Broadway Gondolier."

"Broadway Gondolier," a musical comedy that reunites the popular stars of "Gold Diggers of 1933," Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, will head the new bill at the St. James Theatre on Friday. The all-star cast also includes Adolphe Menjou. Louise Fazenda, William Gargan, George Barbier, Grant Mitchell, Hobart Cavanagh. Ted Fio-Rito, and his band, the Four Mills Bros., and the Canova Family. "Broadway Gondolier" is unusually rich with music. Teamed with Al Dubin, lyric writer, Harry Warren wrote a total of six major songs. There are, in addition, not a few arrangements of operatic and other music. Powell sings three of the numbers—"Outside of You," "Lonely Gondolier," and "A Rose in Her Hair," singing the last two named in both English and Italian; "The Cow and The Pig and The Duck," a kiddie comedy number with farcical sound effects, is sung by Joan Blondell and Dick Powell. Sam Ash sings the theme song of "Flagenheim Cheese Hour" "You Can be Kissed" is an orchestra number, sung b- the "Three Debutantes" with Muzzy Marcelino. "Lulu's In Town" and "Sweet Lucy Brown" are arranged for the Mills' Brothers. "Broadway Gondolier" may be described as a unique musical spectacle. The story concerns the romance of a New York taxi cab driver, who aspires to be a singer, and, after many disappointments, reaches his goal in a remarkable climax.