FAMOUS RECORD-BREAKER

Evening Star, Issue 21081, 19 April 1932, Page 7

FAMOUS RECORD-BREAKER

' VIENNESE NIGHTS' THIRD LOCAL SEASON The holder of more long-run and re-turn-season records than any other picture which has ever been produced, Warner Bros.’ beautiful all-colour production, ‘ Viennese Nights,’ will be presented at the Octagon Theatre for one special week commencing on Friday. It is worthy of note that a special new copy of this film has been imported, so that Octagon patrons will be seeing the picture under the finest possible conditions. ~ , ‘ Viennese Nights ’ is the creation of Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstem 11., who have more glamorous and melodious entertainment than any living collaborators. The story is one of exquisite tenderness, the theme being the deathlessness of beauty. The settings are gorgeous, beino- all in natural colours. The glamour of a old Vienna, told so often in story and song, is caught with stirring vitality. But this is only the beginning of the haunting story of love and renunciation. The action covers a period of fifty years, and some of tho scenes are in New York shifting back to Vienna for the thrilling and unexpected climax. ' The story is built about' the fate of a girl who falls in love with a poor musician but is forced to marry a rich officer by her ambitious father. Through poverty and exile the poor man works desperately trying to finish the symphony which is to be dedicated to her, and “it is the grandchildren of the two who find the realisation of the lost dream. Tho cast includes such well-known stars at Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon, Alexander Gray, Jean Hersholt, Bert Roach, June Pursell, Alice Day, and numerous others.