“RAINBOW ON THE RIVER”

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 3

“RAINBOW ON THE RIVER”

BOBBY BREEN RETURNS. One of the most popular musical films of the year, “Rainbow on the River,” heads the programme to be offered to patrons of the Plaza Theatre next Wednesday. The favourite child actor Bobby Breen takes a leading role, that of a boy brought up in one of the southern States of America, who goes to New York where his wealthy grand-parepts live.

Tauber Conducts. When the first orchestral rehearsal of “Paganini” took place before its London presentation, Franz Lehar, the composer, had not arrived in England, and the baton was taken byRichard Tauber, who played Paganini. He is a practising musician of considerable experience and ability. It might be mentioned that “Paganini” was the first work of Lehar in which he broke away from his earlier and lighter manner and embarked on a broader and more operatic form. It incidentally contains a tenor aria for Tauber which was popular in its day on the Continent as the enormously successful “You are My Heart’s Delight.” from the same composer's “Land of Smiles.”

George Arliss. George Arliss met and had a long talk with Queen Mary at the horticultural exhibition which was held at the People’s Palace recently. It is significant of the Queen Mother’s interest in British films that during her discussion of his plays and films she referred to to “Dr. Syn,” Arliss’ latest film, which has not yet been shown to the public.

Three Famous Families. The unusual title of “The Antirrhinum Is a Lovely Thing,” by Ralph Baker, belongs to a new comedy that has had presentation in London. It was produced at the Players’ Theatre, Covent Garden, and was then to be presented at a West End theatre, if the censor allowed it to pass in revised form. Viola Tree played the role of a frivolous married woman, whose daughter, played by Hazel Terry (an offshoot of the famous Terry family) follows too closely in her mother’s footsteps. Wilson Barrett played the young man . who causes trouble in the household. Three famous acting families were thus represented—the Terrys, the Trees, and the Barretts.