CAPITOL THEATRE

Te Puke Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 54, 18 July 1939, Page 4

CAPITOL THEATRE

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY “Varsity Show,’’ a musical comedy along altogether different lines, and possessed of a sparkling cast commences at the Capitol to-day. A star individual —Dick Powell—and) a star organisation—Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians—are the top-liners in this melodious, laughable, fast-paced tale ' f college life as the movie-makers see >t. It is the story of how the undergraduates of a litle fresh water educa tional institution try to put on a show under the gloomy supervfsfoi of a very dignified and learned, professor, only to realise he is ruining it with his highbrow notions. “Varsty Show’’ is a refreshing relief in its story, from the well-worn “backstage” routine into which many musical comedies have been kept. There is an air of briskness and Youth and gaiety to it rarely found in movie-musicals. Rosemary Lane, lovely to look at, is Dick Powell’s romantic feminine interest while her sister Priscilla is one of the most original and adept dancers to be seen on the screen in recent years. There are, of course, plenty of dances, boCh solo and chorus. Thesmashing finale of the show shows no less than 200 girls and 200 boys in a picturesque and stage-filling routine, dancrng up and down the high and wide flight of stairs at the college.