"MAD ABOUT MUSIC."

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 8

"MAD ABOUT MUSIC."

' Deanna Durbin Again,

For the third' timo in her short career, fifteen-year-old Deanna Durbin triumphs. Less than two years ago, Deanna was an unknown Los Angeles schoolgirl, not even dreaming of a screen career. Her first picture established her as a child of promise; her second confirmed that .promise. Her third, "Mad About Music," which comes to the St. James Theatre on Friday, proves beyond doubt 'that little Miss Durbin is a genuine star, firmly established in her niche of screen fame. "Mad About Music" is a delightful picture. It presents Deanna in a differr ent characterisation from those of previous pictures, and in a moQd and temp.o entirely different. "Mad About Music" is a comedy drama. Only a few tears —and those in the inbst effective manner—intrude into the story'of the littlp'- girl with the make-believe father, and whose dreams come true. Deanna sings as beautifully -as ever. With the exception of Gounod's ■ ''Aye Maria," her selections are hghterj more in the popular ballad vein, than those of "100 Men and a Girl." She renders three songs, "I Love to Whistle," "Serenade to the Stars," and "Chapel Bells," by Jimmie McHugh and Harold Adamson, in. addition to Gounod's "Aye Maria." The cast, including Herbert Marshall, Gail' Patrick, Arthur Treacher, William Frawley, Marcia Mac Jones, Helen 'Parrish, Jackie Moran, Christian Rub, Charles Peck, ISfaha' Bryant, Elizabeh Risdon, Joan Tree, Charles Judells,' Franklin Pangbprn, Bert Roach, and Sid Grauman, give fine performances.' ! •