KING'S THEATRE.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13641, 27 August 1937, Page 7

KING'S THEATRE.

ROSE MARIE” SETS A NEW HIGH FOR SCREEN MUSICALS. No matter how much you liked “Naughty Marietta,” that musical sensation of 1935, you're sure to like “Rose Marie” even more.. Again costarring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production is now screening at the King's Theatre. Like 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. Mi ss MacDonald plays the name role, an opera star who travels disguised into the wilds in search of her dissolute brother, a criminal from justice. 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 n eet 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 art. brilliant 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, Alban Jones, George Regas, Robert Greig, Una O Connor and Lncien Littlefield.