“TALE OF TWO CITIES”

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 20 June 1936, Page 9

“TALE OF TWO CITIES”

Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer’s screen adaption of the famous Dickens story, “A Tale of Two Cities” is a triumph for its cast, its producer and its director. Ronald Colman is at the very top of his form, as Sydney Carton, the cast includes Elizabeth Allan as Lucie Manctte, Edna May Oliver (who almost walks away with the show) as Miss Pross, Donald Woods as Charles Danny, and Blanche Yurka, who gives an outstanding performance as the vengeance-seeking Madame de Farge. Every member of the cast gives a flawless performance, even those who have but tiny parts. The settings surpass anything seen for many years, and not since the days of “Intolerance” and “Ben Hur” have there been such enormous mob scenes. Another thing that is remarkable about the film is the amazing attention to detail, and in this respect the show is faultless. The picture is said to have been two years in production, a fact that one can readily appreciate when one sees the enormous amount of work that has been put into it. ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ “Follow the Fleet”

! “Follow the Fleet” for some free and fancy stepping by that 'matchless dancer Fred Astaire and his co-partner Ginger Rogers. The stage comedy “Shore Leave,” provided the necessary original screen script and was tailored to fit the Astaire-Rogers needs. If “Top Hat” placed Astaire in an enviable picture position, “Follow the Fleet” will consolidate this success in no uncertain manner. The Irving Berlin songs include “We Saw the Sea,” “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” “I’d Rather Lead a Band,” “I’m Putting all My Eggs in One Basket,” “Let Yourself Go,” “Get Thee Behind Me Satan,” “Here I Am, Where are You?”

Celebrites of Opera, Dance and Radio in “Here’s to Romance” With Nino Martini, handsome singing star of the operatic stage and the radio, as the central figure of the cast, Lasky has secured Madame Schumann -Heink, world-renowned concert star, Maria Gambarelli, danseuse, and Vincente Escudero, gypsy dancer, for the supporting cast. The story of “Here's to Romance,” is one of those delicious romantic tales about artists, their light-hearted bohemian life and the complications of love that are only straightened out when Martini wins Miss Louise. Although Martini sings operatic gems from “Tosca,” “Manon,” “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci,” the music of the film is not confined to operatic work. Two new numbers. with music by Con Conrad, creator of “Continental” arc among the atUertainnion t lea tures. v r i* *Y- Y “Rjnfy of Bur leu cue’.' “King of Burlesque”, is a picture with some good dancing scenes, introducing a new tenor, and presenting some catchy song numbers. Warner Baxter is the star cast in the romance of the man who works his way up from selling papers and peanuts to “King of Burlesque.” From “Broadway Melody” comes Nick Long, Jr., in an eccentric dance; Dixie Dunbar is a miniature dancer; a new tenor is Kenny Baker, and there is a small boy dancer, Gareth Joplin.