“RADIO PARADE.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 955, 27 December 1933, Page 3

“RADIO PARADE.”

Celebrity Vaudeville at Its Brightest. “ Radio Parade ”, which heads the attractive programme at the Plaza Theatre this week, can aptly be described as glorious entertainment. It consists of a series of crisp acts by artists who have achieved fame on the stage, the screen or before the radio microphone. The picture has no theme and no padding, but gives the purest delight, and the greatest regret of the audience is that there can be no encores. The artists are introduced by Christopher Stone, the most lovable personality of iX B » ® orat i°„ n « M’Naughton and Claude Hulbert, who have already become exceedingly popu- ! lar with motion picture audiences, pro- ! vide a great deal of the fun as inquisitive onlookers, and their inimitable conduct provokes roars of laughter. Among those who appear is Klsie Carlisle, who sings pathetic songs so simply arid effectively that it is easy to understand why she is one of the most famous music hall artists in London. And so the programme goes on; each new' turn provides a fresh sensation of delight, and Roy Fox and his famous dance hand supply a happy musical accompaniment. ” Radio Parade ” is not only something new in film entertainment, it is superlative vaudeville which owes its success to the fact that the producer has -wisely refrained from dressing it up as a musical farce. Pride of place on the supporting programme must be given to “Three Little Pigs”, a Walt Disney Silly Symphony in colour'.