DANCE IDOL’S PRIVATE LIFE

Evening Star, Issue 21811, 29 August 1934, Page 11

DANCE IDOL’S PRIVATE LIFE

" -4 SHOWN IN ‘ BOLERO ' FOR EMPIRE ■ Bolero ’ coming on Friday to the Empire Theatre, with George Raft in the starring role, and featuring Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, the fan dancer, Frances Drake, and Gertrude Michael, depicts the private and public life of the world’s greatest dancer. ‘ Bolero ’ presents George Raft in a role that fits him perfectly, that of a romantic and adventurous fellow who climbs to success on a ladder of women’s hearts. The thrilling and entertaining climactic dance numbers are woven around Maurice Ravel’s internationally famous musical composition, ‘ Bolero.’ Another interesting feature of the picture is the first screen presentation of the sensational fan dance created by Sally Rand; the dance that brought her fame, fortune, reams of newspaper headlines. It brought her to Hollywood and a film contract. William Frawley, a leading Broadway actor, recently taken to Hollywood, is also featured. George Raft is one of the screen’s greatest dancers! That is tho opinion of Lo Roy Prinz, famous Hollywood dance director, who has been associated with the greatest theatres in Europe and America. Prinz bases his assertion on the remarkable expertness which Raft displays in ‘ Bolero.’ In the picture Raft tangoes, does tho old and now style of Charleston, which he originally created, the strut, and the brand new dance called the ‘ Bolero,’ which, according to Prinz, contains many of the tango elements, quickened by tin- Raft easy maimer and his ■ colourful personality*