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Upper Hutt Weekly Review, Volume I, Issue 20, 1 May 1936, Page 3

"STREET SINGER'S SERENADE." Lavishly and spectacularly produced to the merry rhythm of irresistible song 1 and dance hits, "Street Singex-'s Serenade" has been, acclaimed overseas as "The Happiness Picture of 1936." The story will bring home to picture patrons the thrill and glamour of London's West End, as intimately as American films have done with Broadway. Not only have the stage scenes been shot in the historic Lyceum Theatre, but they have been filmed with the Hippodrome chorus under Ralph Reader, playing in his real-life role of dance director, and with Frank Boor, the Hippodrome manager, appearing in his own capacity, in addition to a number of other .West End celebrities. Lovely Anna Neagle re-enacts the commencement of her own career as a chorus girl, and throws herself with tremendous, zest into a role which means even more to Tier than any other of her past successes, and displays her versatility as an actress, as a singer, and as a dancer, while Arthur Tracy co-

stars with her in his own character of the "Street Singer." Mayfair, Saturday, May, 2nd. "GENTLEMEN OP THE NAVY." Sir Guy Standing and Richard Cromwell, whose portrayals of father and son in "Lives of a Bengal Lancer" were outstanding features of that highly successful film, are united again in leading roles in Paramount's "Gentlemen of the Navy," the dramatic naval story which was filmed in the United States Naval Academy. Sir Guy appears as a retired commodore who, having given the best part of his life to his country, has returned to Annapolis, there to spend his last days, while Cromwell appears as a. midshipman friend of the aged officer. Tom Brown, John Howard, Rosalind Keith, Benny Baker, John Darrow and.Louise Beavers are also featured in the cast. Alexander Hall directed. "Gentlemen- o£ the Navy". repeals-the training, education, and romances in the lives of the midshipmen at the Academy. Mayfair, Wednesday, May 6.