Floral Dances Featured in Musical Romance!
nr.OLL GEORGE ROBEY 4 ‘ SOUTHERN ROSES" STAR (Rosy: Screening Saturday), rioral dances—light-hearted gaiety—tunelui songs—and infectious humour—are woven adroitly together in Grafton Films’ latest musical comedy romance—“Southern Roses," with George Robey, England's foremost humorist, notorious for his bland asides, in the starring role, as “Old Higgins," the “Paint King.” Heading the sterling supporting cast is Gina Malo, versatile young Hollywood'singing and dancing star, who scores in the attractive role of Mary Roland, a young English society girl, who goes to Barcelona to sing in a night club, us an escapade. Gaili Bouchier, another product of America's Mecca of the movies, lives to the full her role of the tempestuous Estrella, fiery (Spanish dancer. VVihile Neil Hamilton makes a strong romantic appeal as lleggie, young naval officer who, while on shore leave in Barcelona, meets and falls in love at first sight with the beautiful Mary. The joyous tale is unfolded in true musical comedy manner, with a melodious theme soug, “Southern Roses,” stealing through engaging comedy, sprightly dances,, while youthful romance in the ascendant the whole time. Prominent in the diverting by-play are the scenes where the lads of the Navy take a hand in meting out punishment to a far too romantic Spanish Nobleman —who persists in forcing his unwelcome attentions on Mary —the spirited whoopee of Estrella’s wedding, when the little dancer celebrates wisely but not too well, and Mary’s delightful masquerade at theatre, for Estrella. A
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 105, 5 May 1937, Page 11
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