KING'S THEATRE

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13642, 28 August 1937, Page 5

KING'S THEATRE

TO-NIGHT AND MONDAY. In a production sweeping with song and scented with romance. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, those celebrated co-stars of “Naughty Marietta.” conies to the screen ot the Kings Theatre in the well-known characters of the light opera, “Rose Marie.” Under their magic spell the full beauty of “The Indian Love Call,” “Rose Marie, I Love You.” “Song of the Mounties,” and other i lassies from the Herbert Stotluart-Rudolf Frinil scon-, live again. More charming even than they were in the re-cord-breaking “Naughty Marietta,” “Rose Marie” is a. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayi-r triumph. Filmed almost entirely oiu-of-doors, in the mountainlike country of the Sierra Nevadas, the production is a pictorial sensation. Glimmering lakes, towering peaks, dangerous passes, all the beauty of nature serves as background for the romantic saga of the Great Northwest. It- was given full benefit of Director W. S. Vail Dyke's proven talents. and magnificently mounted by Producer Hunt Stromberg. the successful collaborators of “Naughty Marietta.” “Rose Marie” is the story of a. Canadian grand opera, singer who travels incognito into the- backwoods regions in searen of her biother, a criminal from justice. Also searching for the brother is Sergeant Bruce .). the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They meet and fall ill love, until she realises the mission of the other. The crashing climax and poignant ending of the story will be remembered long after most pictures are forgotten. One of the outstanding senuenees is the To tern Hole Indian Dance, the grotesque set mounted on a sandpit extending into a broad lake. Peopled by more than a thousand dancers, lavish in, costume, with music thrillinglv beautiful, it sets a new high for effect yliotograpliy and spectacular direction. A strong supporting cast assists Miss MacDonald and Kddv in ■Hose Mane.” among them being James Stewart, as th,. cdiminal brother, Reginald Owen as the star's manager, Allan. Jones who, scored so decisively in “A Niglit at tlio Opera.” George Rogac. Robert Greig. Una O’C'oniior and Lucian Littlefield. Also present, is Gihla Gray of “Follies” fame, whose new version of her celebrated “Shimmy” dance is one of the highlights of a striking cafe scene. Matinee 2 p.m. Monday.