MAJESTIC THEATRE
“MARGIE” AND “BEFORE I lIANG”
Described as a romantic comedy set to music. Universal’s tuneful farce, “Margie,” shows to-night at the Majestic Theatre. Tom Brown is seen as a young composer and Nan Grey portrays the pretty wife who inspires him to write the song “Margie” bearing her name. The story follows the exciting adventures which confront the pair when they “take a holiday from love" to try for success in separate careers. Joy Ilodges sings tlie title song in her role of the musical comedy favourite, and Mischa Auer is seen as a torrid South American banana king who tries to mix romance with business. Edgar Kennedy and Allen Jenkins are cast as a pair of rough-and-tumble piano movers. Eddie Quillan and Wally Vernon, as two boys from Tin Pan Alley, compete with Auer during hilarious comedy scenes in the film The master of screen horrors, Boris Karloff, has another dramatic role in "Before I- Hang." . the associate thriller. t'Evelyn Keyes and Bruce Bennett head the supporting cast. The programme opens with the serial. "Winners of the West.” starring Dick Foran.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20570, 2 June 1941, Page 3
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