PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 306, 27 December 1937, Page 9

PLAZA THEATRE

“AI.I BABA GOES IO TOWN.” Eddie Cantor brings Bagdad up to! dale as he puts new ideas into the Sul-it tan’s kingdom in the biggest and most i > unusual mirth musical the lamed : comedian and Twentieth Century-Fox’ J ever made, “All Baba Goes to Town,”’! is the most magnificent combination L of colourful extravaganza, side-split- 1 ; i ting comedy, song hits, beautiful girls, i exotic dances, brilliant dialogue, and 1 lavish sets in the history 01. iun. ; Equally as important is a revolution- L ary new three-tone tinted process util-L ising sepia and copper as the basic cl-!. fects. Eddie turns Bagdad into Gag- ( dad when he snaps it up to date with!; a head-tax on harems, a tail-tax on I; camels, a harem-reduction pro-:; gramme, slips carpet tacks under the sit-down strikers, and snaps the Sul- ! tan into step with the march of time. Among the high lights are Eddie aboard the Magic Carpet dispersing the enemy's army, the sumptuous, col- . ourful Bagdad banquet with Edmo a. l master of ceremonies, the Magic Carpet campaign and election returns in! Bagdad, the Queen of the Harem, I Louise Hovick, making love to banjoeyed Eddie, a thousand and one other j sights and hit tunes by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel, “I've Got My Heart} Set On You” with Tony Martin singing and June Lang dancing, “Laugh Your Way Through Life,” a happy hit led by Cantor, aad “Swing is Here to Sway,” to which Eddie, the Peters Sisters, Jeni Le Gon, and the swinging, swaying chorus perform a riotous, rhythmic routine.