AMUSEMENTS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 79, 12 March 1931, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

"NO, NO, NANETTE ' The screen production of “No, No, Nanette,” at the King’s Theatre, contains song hits from the original stage show as well as many new numbers which have already attained great popularity since the recent release of this colourful First National picture. "Tea for Two” and “I Want to bo Happy,” from (he fool light production, are heard in the Vitaphone edition, sung by a chorus of 150 and the two featured leads, Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray. These two congs were among the country’s best .wile. when “No, No, Nanette,” was having its sensational success on Broadway. The big number of the picture, however, is “King ,of the Air,” by Eddie Ward and A 1 Bryan, one of Hollywood’s most harmonious song-writing teams. Three other numbers based on lavish scenes in the film are “Dancing on Mars,” by Michael H. Cleary, New Washington and Herb Magidson; “The Japanese Ballet,” by M. Jerome and Herman Ruby; and “The Dance of the Wooden Shoes,” by GIeTT/, Washington and Magidson. And also 1 here are “Prelending,” by Ruby and Jerome, and “As Long As I’m With You,” by Harry K. Akst and Grant Clarke. “No, No, Nanette,” is one of the most lavish pictures ever produced at the First National Studios. Four of the big sequences—the Holland, Japan, New York and Mars episodes —each cost more than the entire original stage production. The cast of noted players includes Lucien Littlefield, Louise Fazenda, Lilyan Tashnian, Bert Roach, Zasu Pitis, Mildred Harris, Henry Stockbridge, and Jocelyn Lee. Clarence Badger directed and Larry Ceballos was in charge of the dances.