Dazzling Array Of Stars In “The Goldwyn Follies”

Northern Advocate, 1 October 1938, Page 2 (Supplement)

Dazzling Array Of Stars In “The Goldwyn Follies”

Presenting a dazzling array of stars and a variety of talent that staggers the imagination, “The. Goldwyn Follies,” the glorious technicolour musical extravaganza which marks the first entertainment in Goldwyn’s 25 years of picture-making to carry the producer’s name, will screen in. Whangarei shoitlv The musical, which also marks the producer’s swing to the colour standard has been produced on a scale more lavish, more opulent and more magnificent than anything the screen has ever shown. Goldwyn invaded every field of entertainment to find stars to augment the screen cast headed by suave -Adolphe Menjcu, the Ritz Brothers, and the beautiful rising young star, Andrea Leeds. •

| From radio he took Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, the comedy sen-' . sation of the world; Kenny Baker, Jack |i: ; : Benny’s silver-voiced romanticist; irrepressible Phil Baker- and his accordion;' from grand opera, lovely Helen, Jepson and the sensational newcomer, fy; Charles Kullman; from the world of the %:? dance, the beautiful Zorina and George fßalanchine’s American ballet of the Metropolitan Opera; and from musical f. . : comedy goggle-eyed Bobby Clarke to -clown with petite Ella Logan, i . 'Then there are the hand-picked Gorfe’geous Goldwyn Girls as well as HollyX wood's 12 loveliest and most talented; v. 4 tap-dancers; Jerome Cowan, Nydia West* 1 v/' inan, Prank Shields and a hundred - f more who fit into the pattern of one of Kr Ben. Hecht’s best stories —a comedy of Vi * Holywood which casts Menjou as a film t producer cut of touch with his public, y'and Andrea Leeds as the typical Ameri- - ’-can'o girl whom he hires as “Miss -Humanity” to keep him posted on what f the public wants. h- •<-. .“The Goldwyn Follies” boasts the -last and perhaps greatest score written f the late George Gershwin, studded ; . I wath several song hits, including “Love Walked in.” “I Was Doing All Sight," “t Love to Rhyme,” and “Love Is Here to. Stay." The lyrics are by Ira Gershwin. The music for the beautiful ballet numbers, as well as the hit song, U; “Spring Again,” is by Vernon Duke. The ballets were conceived and staged • by George Balanchine. The Ritz Brothers’ specialties and songs, including the- hilarious Hussy, Pussy,” are by Sid Kajller and Ray Golden. Richard Day designed the breathtaking settings, while the eye-filling cos- ■ tumes are the work of Omar Kiam. “Thd Goldwyn Follies” was directed by | ; .v 'George 'Marshall for release through United Artists.