PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 279, 24 November 1937, Page 9

PLAZA THEATRE

“NEW FACES OF 1937” A novel back-stage plot, charged with action and highly-humorous situations, forms the background for R.K.O. Radio’s hilarious musical comedy “New Faces of 1937,” the first of a series of yearly extravaganzas, which is being screened at the Plaza Theatre. Joe Penner, Milton Berle, Parkyakarkus, Harriet Hilliard, William Brady, Jerome Cowan, and Thelma Leeds are featured. Embellishing the story are five colourful production numbers introducing a galaxy of new talent to the screen in scintillating songs, dances, and novelty acts. The story reveals the questionable operations of a producer of stage plays. Romantic complications upset the plans of the producer, who flees just in time to save a show backed with the last 15,000 dollars of a pretty show actress. Practically all of the action takes place back-stage, although scenes in an apartment, aboard a train, a motor-car ride on a toll bridge, and various street scenes furnish background diversion. The stellar headliners of the show find strong support from a wealth of new talent, including Lorraine Kreuger, petite dancer and singer; Ann Miller, clever tap dancer; the Four Playboys, rhythm group; Lowe, Hite and Stanley, novelty dancers; Eddie Rio and Bros., eccentric dancers; Loria Bros., Mexican entertainers, and many oth-’ ers.