KING’S THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12535, 23 April 1935, Page 6

KING’S THEATRE

“ONE NIGHT OF LOVE.”

Six screenings on Monday of “One Night of Lpve,” Grace Moore’s brilliant starring vehicle, failed to diminish in any degree the remarkable patronage extended to this great production. A particularly striking testimony of its merit lies in the fact that many patrons on Monday attended at least two of the sessions. No love or lovers! No time for laughter! All she wanted was romance from one man—who gave her only fa-me! This is the touching predicament in which Grace Moore finds herself as star of this romantic drama. Miss Moore goes to Italy to study voice culture. There she meets an ardent music teacher (Tullio Carminati), who agrees to develop her operatic talents—but there must he no love affair. He lost a former protege because she found romance more to her liking than warbling, scales. But the affairs of the heart are no affair of the mind. She sings and sings—but falls in love' just the same. In 1930 Miss Moore made her first motion picture, “A Lady’s Morals,” depicting the life of Jenny Lind, the “Swedish Nightingale,” and followed it with “New Moon,” co-starring Lawrence Tibbett. Concert tours, musical comedy in “The Du Barry,” and radio contracts consistently kept her golden voice before the public. And now the motion picture public again has the pleasure of seeing the golden-haired, golden-voiced Grace Moore in“ One Night of Love,” a modern romantic drama with music. In addition to original popular music, Miss Moore sings arias from well-known operas. Supporting Miss Moore are Tullio Carminati, Lyle Talbot, Mona Barrie, Jessie Ralph and Luis Alberni. Here is an overseas critic on this magnificent production : The maestro’s eyes fill with grateful tears as lie sums up the streamline figure of Grace Moore. “All my life,” he says, “I have been looking for a Carmen who weighed less than the hull.” It is hard to believe that when this enchanting prima donna appeared in her earlier films she had a seven pound (avoirdupois) handicap! Now she’s as slender as a nymph, as gay as an elf. and as melodious as a nightingale. Wherever her picture has been shown it has, been a. riot, and the more often you see—and hear— it the better it seems. The Duke of Kent is of this opinion. Columbia’s London offices received a, wire from him to the effect that he would “deeply appreciate” a copy of the film at Himley Hall. After he had already seen if three times, too! That is the general feeling,