REPRODUCED IN “BROADWAY BABIES”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 840, 7 December 1929, Page 19

REPRODUCED IN “BROADWAY BABIES”

Lilting strains of “Broadway Baby Lolls.” “Wishing and Waiting for Love,” and “Jig Jig Jigaloo”: the rhythmic tapping of fete of 50 dancing girls; the wailing saxophone and the high notes of a grand opera tenor in a theatrical boardinghouse; the staccato bark of gangsters’ guns, these are some of the high spots of “Broadway Babies,” First National’s Vitaphone production, starring the peppy little comedienne Alice White. This picture, which is thorough entertainment from first to last, takes one behind the scenes in a big musical comedy theatre; into the night clubs of gay Broadway, and into a theatrical boardinghouse just off the Big Street. Gay and dazzling sets, particularly the theatrical scenes and those in the night club, add to one’s enjoyment, but apart from the songs, the dancing and the background, “Broadway Babies” has a real story, and one that is portrayed by an ideal cast. All-dancing, singing and talking “Broadway Babies” is one of the finest productions since the introduction of the talking picture.