"NAUGHTY MARIETTA”

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 186, 7 August 1936, Page 10

"NAUGHTY MARIETTA”

RETURN OF FAVOURITES. MUSIC AT MAJESTIC. The music of Victor Herbert, the suiging of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and superb historical settings combine to form a most attractive and enjoyable entertainment in Goldwyn-Mayer’s spectacular translation to the screen of Victor Herbert’s masterpiece “Naughty Marietta,” commencing a special return season at the Majestic Theatre to-morrow. The picture shows court scenes in Fiance and the voyage of Casquette girls from that country to the new settlement of Louisiana to marry the daring young settlers in a foreign land. The scenes include a light with pirates, and the triumph of the young adventurers from Europe. Jeanette MacDonald takes the part of a French princess who, in order to avoid a distasteful marriage, disguises herself as a Casquette girl, leaves her native land, and falls in love with a military officer. The meeting of the young couple is most romantic, and in this part of the story there are sung such popular songs and music as “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life,” “I’m Falling in Love with Someone,” “Chansonette,” and "The Italian Street Song.”