Original Talkie Star in New Musicale

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 250, 23 October 1935, Page 11

Original Talkie Star in New Musicale

AX, JOLSON PARTNERED WITH RUBY KEELER

(Regent; Screening Saturday.) ' The sensation of the year in the film world is the teaming of A 1 Jolson, famous “Mammy” singer who first introduced the talking pictures, and Ruby Keeler, his wife, former Broadway musical comedy star who leaped to fame in the movies in two years, in First National’s latest, and said to he its greatest, musical spectacle, “Go Into Your Dance.”

While the picture is a mammoth musical spectacle, it carries a well defined plot and a fascinating romance with tense emotional scenes, interspersed with hilarious- comedy relief. The story is by Bradford Ropes, the author of “42nd;:-’Street.”

Spectacular dance ensembles, were staged by Bobby Connolly with scores of Hollywood’s most beautiful chorus girls. One of the most unique and striking numbers is a mammoth replica of the universe intercut with an artistic stairway crossing the globe in four directions, representing the evolution of the tango from the pampas of the Argentine to Park Avenue and throughout the world. The dance, with a hundred beautiful girls, is led by Jolson and Miss Keeler, who sing “A Latin from Manhattan.” A 1 Jolson has the role of a Broadway entertainer, who is barred from the New York stage, because ho quits shows without notice, his weakness being wine, women and the “ponies.” He winds up in Caliente at the raco tracks, waking up with a headache and without a job.

Glenda Farrell plays the part of his devoted sister who' gets him straightened up, and finally convincing him that Broadway is through with him, persuades him to take a job in Chicago with a partner. She has already persuaded Ruby Keeler, who has the role of a clever dancer on the West Coast, to team with her brother.

After a series of exciting incidents the New York opening comes off in a blaze of glory in an unusual and surprising climax. There is a talented supporting cast which includes Helen Morgan, Barton Mac Lane, Sharon Lynne, Patsy Kelly, Benny Rubin, Phil Regan, Gordon Westcott, William Davidson, Joyce Compton, Akin Tainiroff and Joseph Chegan.

‘‘Go Into Your Dance” is from the screen play by Earl Baldwin.