"FORBIDDEN MELODY."
The latest musical ' piece In New York is "Forbidden Melody," which opens with a gay chorus singing a scandalous and forbidden song in a private dining-room^ of a Bucharest hotel. The song retails the adventure of a gay prince caught in • a candid embrace with a lady.. Carl Brisson, the Danish actor, for many-years a London stage favourite, played Gregor, a gay fellow.with dimples who.is pestered by the ladies. Mr. Brisson,- comments a New York critic, is tall, goodlooking, sings' agreeably, dances gracefully, and smiles persistently. That, it is easy to assume, is because of the dimples. It becomes a strain in time, but what, being dimpled, is a fellow to do? You might suggest that he smile less frequently, but his promoters looking to the matinee trade, : doubtlessly advised him differently. The leading Jady was Ruby Mercer, a soprano who hails from Ohio. She made something of a name for herself with the Civic Theatre opera in St. Louis, but was making her first Broadway appearance in "Forbidden Melody." Doubtless more will be heard of the charming songstress.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 22
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