ST. JAMES THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 133, 2 December 1937, Page 9

ST. JAMES THEATRE.

"Song .of ,the. City."

• Tnere'isa distinct melody of modern life in the.crowded, places,<with, all its overtones and-minor chords, in the new picture "Son£ of the City/.' which opens at St. James Theatre tomorrow. . The story • was. written by a newspaperman, Michael Fessier, and produced by another, Lucien Hubbard. One of the most spectacular ship fires ever filmed provides the scene for the climax-, suggestive of the tragic Morro Castle fire off the coast of New Jersey. Margaret Lindsay and Jeffrey Dean score in the leading roles, and others who give excellent account of themselves include J. Carrol Naish, Nat Pendleton, Stanley Momer, Mafia-Shelton, Inez Palange, Charles; Judels,- ~Edward Norris, Fay Helm,, and-, Frank .Pitglia: Fessier's story is the account of a gay young fellow, likeable and reckless, who goes broke after a "catastrophe in the stock market. Unfortunately,' some of the money he lost wasputup-by "a''wealthy girl. He is too much of a man to marry for money and runs away. Crossing Sad Francisco Bay, he is washed overboard and rescued by. an Italian, crab fisherman. Taken to the fisherman's home,' he falls in love with'the Italian's lovely daughter. Before their romance can progress far, the girl of wealth discovers him and has him placed aboard her palatial yacht. The Italian- girl, broken-hearted, then consents, to marry; .a man .from Milan in return .for an education in music. She boards a steamer which catches fire at sea. The SOS reaches the yacht, which is first to-the'rescue; and the youth salvages love from-the doomed liner.