JOHN M'CORMACK'S FIRST TALKIE

Evening Star, Issue 20982, 22 December 1931, Page 8

JOHN M'CORMACK'S FIRST TALKIE

RETURN SEASON FOR EMPIRE In ‘ Song O’ My Heart,’ his first audible picture for the screen, John M'Cormack, the world’s greatest lyric tenor, sings songs, logically introclucecl in tho action of tho delightful lyrical romance, which returns to Dunedin to the Empire Theatre on Boxing Day. Through the medium of J.'ox movietone, the voice that has always been proclaimed great is considered to bo made greater. Of the entire repertoire, ‘ I Hear You Calling Me,’ ‘Hose of Tralee,’ and ‘Little Boy Blue,’ arc perhaps the most appreciated melodies. , “ Little Boy Blue ’ is based on the poem by Eugene Field, and set to music by Ethelbert Novin. In singing ‘ Little Boy Blue,’ Frank Borzage, who directed ‘ Song O’ My Heart,’ lias deftly introduced a pictorial effect of a little boy, bis dog, and his toy soldiers, giving an added human touch. ‘I Hear -You Calling Me,’ which is so identified with the great tenor that he rarely fails to include it as an encore _ during hjs _ concert programmes, is a composition of Charles Marshall, with lyrics by Harold Hartford. ‘ Rose of Tralee ’- is a GloverDitson effort. Reservations may be made at The Bristol,