KING'S THEATRE.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13640, 26 August 1937, Page 2

KING 'S THEATRE.

“ROSE MARIE” SETS A NEW HIGH FOR SCREEN MUSICAES.

No matter how much you liked “Naughty Marietta,” that musical sensation of 1935, you’re sure to like “Rose Marie” even more. Again costarring Jean6tt6 Macl)oiiaild. hucl Nelson Eddy, this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production is now screening at the King’s Theatre. . Dike its forerunner, ‘ Rose Marie was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and produced by Hunt Stromberg, who again combined their talents to give this picture one of the finest productions to come out of Hollywood in a long time. Replete with haunting music, a tender story, magnificent photography and backgrounds, it is truly the film sensation of the year. Miss MacDonald plays the name role, an opera star who travels disguised into the wilds m search of her dissolute brother, a criminal from JU Nelson Eddy portrays Sergeant Bruce, as fine a “Mountie’ as ever rode a horse. Assigned to bring the criminal to justice, there is the thrust of personal duty when these two meet and fall in love. With all its outdoor scenes made against natural backgrounds of surpassing beauty in the mountain lake country of the Sierra Nevadas, £ Rose Marie” is a pictorial work of ait. BRIDDIANT MUSIC. The musical numbers are brilliantly staged and brilliantly sung. One of them, the Totem Pole sequence, is peopled by more than a thousand dancers. Spectacular in its giant effects it will go on record as one of the most thrilling scenes ever brought to the screen. A strong supporting cast includes James Stewart, Reginald Owen, Allan Jones, George Regas, Robert Greig, Una O’Connor and Rucien Rittlefield.