AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1937, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

s -/ * EVERY BODY’S'THEATRE. WEDNESDAY-. AND THU RSDA Y. .. «BdRN:TO DANCE." ■y. -tP'ie • -pri'ducors- v 'vlip gave you • BroadYwijy -Melody of U'36”. and /The Great “Ziegfeld” come tlirdugli' with another smash musical success in "Horn to ‘Danced’ which opens on Wednesday at the Princess Theatre with I'Je.jiiior Powell', Queen...p'f Taps." way toLfresh to the scintilla:ing 'jsohg hits- of-Cole"Porter who here tops even his 'tamed “Tour'd the .lop. Its' Story .of a atsntali-townv girl who falls "in. love- with a • navy man ana nearly .loses Jiim to a is pac-ked ; with entertainment. It is A- logical;,plot with interesting suh.marine sequences, picturesque navoi hack; rounds and comedy .' .highlights hut the wealth pf- spectacular beauty iii" the lavish 'scenes,- the- brilliant dancin" and The fin forgettable music, plus the I ’attractive performances of the star ' and a dazzling supporting east are the distinctive features wlyic-h maike this j one of the most entertaining musical pictures to come out of Hollywood. J/HWiss .Powell’s work in'“Born to Dance” something akin to - sensational. She /taps her way up. and down stairs, ex'YTeieutes -a, number on; a space hardly J; larger than a dime;-leads a “swing ’ c/jiahfl with her agile toes and in 'every up. to her reputation-as the world’s greatest feminine tap dancer. There .is -.so much , talent in the supporting cast that it is difficult to single any one artist for special praise. l ALcn- - ' tion must he made however, of the excellent performances of James Stew- : art ns the hero, Virginia Bruce as the temperamental stage l star. Una Merkel -and Sid Silvers furnishing the Hnifghs,- Frances Langford‘of the lovely voice, Raymond Walburn. Alan Dinehart, and BuddyT 'Eh-sen, "eccentric hoofer.