OPERA HOUSE.
Return of "Maytime." I Eclipsing even their triumphs in •Naughty Marietta" and "Rose Marie," Jeanette Mac Donald and Nelson Eddy, the favourite singing stars, will be'seen at the Opera House tomorrow in "Maytime," r Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's j lavish adaptation of the Rida Johnson Young operetta, which was one of the memorable hits of the New; York stage. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, the man who gave filmgoers "The Great Ziegfeld," with a wide variety of songs by "Sigmund Romberg and Herbert Stothart. and with a brilliant supporting cast headed by John Barrymore, the new M.G.M. musical opens as one of the outstanding sensations of the season. The famous song hit of the original play, "Sweetheart, Will You Remember?" was retained for the film version, with the remainder of the music divided between the sentimental and operatic. , .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 45, 21 August 1941, Page 12
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137OPERA HOUSE. Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 45, 21 August 1941, Page 12
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