“I ADORE YOU.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20285, 20 April 1934, Page 3

“I ADORE YOU.”

Bright Music and First-class Acting. “A Southern Maid,” will be screened finally to-night at the Plaza Theatre. First-class acting, tuneful music by the famous ‘‘Savoy Orpheans,” and lavish settings are the principal feature* of Adore You,” the bright British musical picture which will head the new programme at the Plaza Theatre to-morrow. The ordinary musical takes the back of the stage as its setting, but the producers of “I Adore You” used a motion picture studio for a background. Starred in this intriguing and entertaining production is Margot Grahame, a popular British actress who has appeared in several previous successes. She is supported by a strong cast, which includes Clifford Hea*herly, Harold French, Georgie Harris and Ernest Sefton. Features of I Adore You” are the unique dance ensembles. The director of these had at his disposal several dozen of London s most attractive chorus girls, their numbers being augmented by the pre sence of six of C. B. Cochran’s famous and very beautiful “Young Ladies.’ The supplied by none other than Carroll Gibbons and his outstand ing orchestra, “The Savoy Orpheans.” while the five song “ hits ” in the story were composed, arranged and orchestrated by Gibbons himself. He was also responsible for the piano solos, which are one of the brightest attractions of the show—an attraction alone worth going a long way to see and hear. The song “hits” in.“l Adore You” are “Why Can’t This Night Go On For Ever?” “Headin’ for a Weddin , “ The Way That,” “ Just So ou II Remember,” and “ Babies, Only Babies.” Box plans at the D.I.C.