BRILLIANT MUSICAL COMEDY
MAYFAIR'S OUTSTANDING ATTRACTION ' Naughty Marietta,’ which proved its popularity in Dunedin over a long season, will be screened again at the Mayfair, commencing to-morrow. The story is, briefly, that of the lovely Princess Mare de la Bonfain (Jeanette Macdonald), who is being forced by her uncle (Douglas Dumbrille) to marry the odious Don Carlos de Braganza. To escape this marriage, which is sponsored by King Louis XV., she exchanges identities with Her servant, Marietta, and, armed with the latter’s credentials, leaves France as one of the 40 “ casquette ” girls bound for the French settlement of Louisiana to find husbands. The ship is captured by pirates, who land with their fair captives in the Everglades, but are routed by a band of woodsmen under Captain Richard Warrington (Nelson Eddy), who commences a quaint courtship of Marietta. When all is going well for the young couple a ship arrives with the uncle and Don Carlos aboard. The real identity of Marietta is disclosed, and she is ordered back to Prance. The climax is satisfactory to all concerned.
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Evening Star, Issue 22272, 25 February 1936, Page 6
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178BRILLIANT MUSICAL COMEDY Evening Star, Issue 22272, 25 February 1936, Page 6
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