PIQUANT MUSICAL ROMANCE
CONSTANCE BENNETT IK ’ MOULIN ROUGE ’ Of all the Reds which have troubled parents and puritans down the ages, and have titillated the philistine hosts of the earth, none has retained its piquant popularity like the old Red Mill of Paris. Although but a borrowed image for stage purposes in America, the picture, ‘ Moulin Rouge,’ which will begin at the Empire Theatre on Frida}’, has the piquancy of its notorious namesake in that it provides beautiful and bizarre settings, haunting music, bursts of drama, romance, and humour —all in a joyous, devil-may-care atmosphere. The film is electrified by the .contrasting personalities of Constance Bennett, Franchot Tone, Tullio Carrninnti, and Helen Westley. Comedy, drama, and romance are irresistibly conjured up by the artistry of this quartet, with Constance Bennett bewitching audiences as well as her colleagues by her fascinating management of a dual role. Catchy songs, notably ‘ Coffee In the Morning,’ ‘ Song of Surrender,’ and 1 Boulevard of Broken Dreams ’ form one of the many features which, with half a dozen unusual incidental characters and large-scale spectacles of stage magnificence, contribute to the allround gaiety of the production.
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Evening Star, Issue 21797, 13 August 1934, Page 11
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189PIQUANT MUSICAL ROMANCE Evening Star, Issue 21797, 13 August 1934, Page 11
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