AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1937, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT. ‘ . v ‘‘BORN TO DANCE.” 'H'Born to Dance.” current attraction at the Princess Theatre, is the season,’* most lavish potpourri of music arid dancing, 'ihe new musical extravaganza presents the dynamic Eleanoi l'owell as a star and just about runs the entire gamut of rhythm. Jn all, there ar.o more than 2do dancers and more than 20U instrumentalists and aipgers,!in this new production witli music and lyrics by Cole .-Porter, for several seasons Broadway’s No. 1 tuuester and .lyricist Miss Powell, whose Versatility .and appealing personality 1 won .her stardom in a single picture, “Broadway Melody of 1W86,” introduces fourteen varieties of dance steps. Jn one number she does a -medley of sns’different. types of dancing in as many minutes. She even leads a 75-piecc hand taps and makes her twinkling .toes, compete with the drummer’s most .expert-rolls and boats. In addition one dance group of 110 men does ai-fast,tempo routine which embraces the shuffle, truckin’, snake-hips, waltz, w’altz <clog, ’the strut, fast and slow bpek; and .wing military tap, the drag, fox ; trot with imaginary partners, and an. exceedingly ; %st straight tap. A • topnq.tch song and dance supporting cast features James Stewart, Virginia Bruce,;'Unn ,Merkel, Sid Silvers, Frances (Langford, Raymond Walburn, Alan Dinehurt , a nd Buddy Ebsen. * FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. , ‘‘PENNIES FROM HEAVEN.” Bing Crosby’s new Columbia picture “Pennies from Heaven,” is scheduled to open at the Princess Theatre on Friday-. Featured with the singer are. Madge Evans, little Edith Fellows, Dopn.ld Meek, aml< Louis Armstrong and! his noted swing band. Popular swigs such as “So Do I,” “Pennies frop .Heaven,” “Let’s Call a Heart a Hedft,” “One. Two. Button Your Shoe,” and/. “Skeleton in the Closet”, afe.jheard. i