"DANCING PIRATE."

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 68, 17 September 1936, Page 6

"DANCING PIRATE."

State Theatre Tomorrow.

Combining comedy, music, and danc-' ing with the new'full-colour technicolour, "Dancing Pirate" opens tomorrow at the State Theatre, and presents the; inimitable funning of Frank Morgan in a characterisation surpassing even his "Duke" in "The, Affairs of 'Cellini,", together with/a series of novel terpsK chorean ensembles. The story is laid; in Old Spanish California and features a hilarious succession of embarrass-; ing situations encountered by a young Boston dancing master as he seeks to win love and conquer an amazingarray of villains. Charles Collins; th« screen's new dancing star, has the title role, and co-featured is Steffi DunU,, Luis Alberni, Victor Varconi, Jack La Rue, the Royal Cansino family, two score of expert Spanish dancers, and many other favourites round out the cast. The production presents many musical and terpsichorean novelties; beautiful Spanish dances performed by famous soloists and elaborate ensembles; also the presentation of a new dance rhythm, the Huapango, currently the rage throughout Mexico. The result is a production calculated to arouse world-wide interest, both as an entertainment and as a technical achievement. It is the entertainment aspect of the picture which bids for its greatest popularity, providing as it' does a lavish, diverting show. However, the pictorial advances revealed mark a new milestone in cinema art. Among the innovations in this Pioneer Pictures film are "imaginative colouring," which represents Hollywood's initial attempt to use colour as it Has been employed for centuries by the greatest of painters, the complete synchronisation of colour, music, and dancing.