‘ROSE MARIE’ AGAIN

Evening Star, Issue 23553, 17 April 1940, Page 3

‘ROSE MARIE’ AGAIN

OPENS TO-MORROW AT REGENT In response to many requests, the Regent management announces the return to-morrow of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in a new reissue of the most popular of musical romances, ‘ Rose Marie.’ ' Like its forerunner, ‘ Naughtv Marietta,’ ‘ Rose Marie ’ was direcetd by W. S. Van Dyke and produced bv Hunt Stromberg, who again combined their talents to give this picture one of the finest productions to come out of Hollywood. Replete with haunting music, a tender love story, magnificent photography and backgrounds, it is the film sensation of the year. Miss MacDonald plays the title role of an opera star who travels disguised into the wilds in search of her dissolute brother, a criminal from justice. Nelson Eddy portrays Sergeant Bruce, as fine a “ Mountie ” as ever rode a horse. Assigned to bring the criminal to justice, there is the thrust of personal duty when these two meet and fall in love. With all its outdoor scenes made against natural backgrounds of surpassing beauty in the mountain-lake country of the Sierra Nevadas, ‘ Rose Marie ’ is a pictorial work of art. The musical numbers Ore brilliantly staged andl sung. One of them, the Totem Pole sequence, is peopled by more than 1,000 dancers. Spectacular in its giant effects, it will go on record as one of the most thrilling scenes ever brought to the screen. A strong supporting cast includes James Stewart, Reginald Owen, Allan Joiles. George Regas, Robert Greig, Una O’Connor, and Lucien Littlefield.