TOWN HALL TALKIES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXV, Issue 3292, 9 April 1935, Page 5

TOWN HALL TALKIES

“CINDERELLA’S FELLA.’’ MARION DAVIES AND BING CROSBY Marion Davies plays one of tlie most entertaining roles of her film career in the novel musical production, “Cinderella’s Fella,” which will be screened at the Town Hall Talkies to-night and to-morrow. The picture, an original story from the witty pen of Donald Ogden Stewart, actor, humorist and playwright, is a romance of the real Hollywood, yet one spiced with catchy song hits and bizarre dance ensembles which make it one of the most entertaining films of the year.

Bing Crosby, noted crooner of radio and motion pictures, plays the radio crooner role opposite Miss Davies. Six jingly melodies have been created for the film by the noted composing team of Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, co-authors of the national song hits, “Wedding of the Painted Doll” and “The Old Woman in the Shoe.’’ Their new numbers: “Our Big Love Scene,” “Going Hollywood,” “We’ll Make Hay While the Sun Shines,” “Temptation,’’ “Conderclla’s Pella” and “After Sundown,” written exclusively for Miss Davies, promise to become nationally popular overnight.

To beautify the musical numbers, numerous original dance ensembles in gorgeous, colourful settings were created and supervised by Albertina Rasch, famous dance instructor. The story deals with a lonely girl in love with a crooner’s voice, who trails him to Hollywood, where he is to make liis first appearance as a film star and who, after much difficulty with a flighty, temperamental French actress, who likewise loves the crooner, becomes a picture star in her own right. Throughout the picture are woven the dance and musical numbers, which add an unusual charm and pictorial beauty to the romantic story.