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ST. JAMES' THEATRE "THE MELODY LINGERS ON’’ A gale night at the famous La Scala Opera House, mecca of opera lovers in Milan, offers a thrilling and colourful spectacle in “The Melody Lingers On,” Edward Small’s new romantic drama, which brings Josephine Hutchinson, George Houston and a great cast to the St. James Theatre on Saturday, August 29. The opera presented is “Carmen,” and the magnificent baritone voice of Houston, the handsome young American opera star, who is Hollywood’s most sensational new discovery, is heard in the famous' Toreador song. The story, based on the novel by Lowel Brentano, tells I of the war-shattered romance of a young American music student and a famous European operatic star. Her, lover is killed in action and the girl 1 puts her baby in a convent. Years later, when she has become a famous pianist, she learns that her son has been adopted by a wealthy family. She cultivates them in an effort to steer the boy’s future toward a singing career, and the story proceeds to a thrilling climax.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 202, 27 August 1936, Page 3
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