“SONG O' MY HEART” AT EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 63, 16 March 1931, Page 3

“SONG O' MY HEART” AT EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

“Never before has the talking and motion picture risen to such heights above the conventions of the old-time theatre. Before a glowing background of unusual beauty runs like a thread of gold, a story cf love that finds its exaltation in perfect song.” Thus said the “Daily Express” of John M’Cormaek’s first talking and singing production, “Song o’ My Heart,” which will have a lteturn season at Everybody’s, beginning to-day. Rarely does one’ picture- bay© so many elements that are pleasing. It has heart-warming appeal, that charm of direct simplicity in its tender story, and the fascination of sympathetic direction. “Song o’ My Heart”’ is genuine accomplishment recorded with great fidelitv and tells an appealing story of youthful love, of sincere emotion, of honest sentiment. It has enduring beauty—something to enrich the life of everyone who sees and hears it. Love s young dream becomes a reality in this musical romance, at once refreshing and sparkling. “Song o’ My Heart” is a ' screen romance of young love and gay comedy, mingled with the poetry of song, a picture that will be cherished for its bubbling humour and tender sentiment, its freshness of theme and richness of melodv.