PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 1, 3 January 1939, Page 9

PLAZA THEATRE

“THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES" Presenting a dazzling array of stars and a variety of talent, "The Goldwyn Follies," the glorious technicolour musical extravaganza which marks the first entertainment in Goldwyn’s 25 years of picture-making to carry the producer's name, is showing at the Plaza Theatre. The musical, which also marks the producur’s swing to the colour standard, has been produced on a scale more lavish than anything the screen has ever known. Goldwyn invaded every field of entertainment to find stars to augment the screen cast headed by suave Adolphe Menjou, the Ritz Brothers, and the beautiful, rising young star, Andrea Leeds. From radio he took Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Kenny Baker, irrepressible Phil Baker and his accordion; from grand opera, lovely Helen Jepson and the sensational newcomer, Charles Kullmann; from the world of the dance, the beautiful Zorina and George Balanchine's American Ballet of the Metropolitan Opera; and from musical comedy goggle-eyed Bobby Clark to clown with petite Ella Logan. Then there are the handpicked Goldwyn Girls as well as Hollywood’s twelve loveliest and most talented tap dancers; Jerome Cowan, Nydia Westman, Frank Shields, and a hundred more who fit into the pattern of one of Ben Hecht’s best stories —a comedy of Hollywood which casts Menjou as a film producer out of touch with his public; and Andrea Leeds as the typical American girl whom he hires as “Miss Humanity” to keep him posted on what the public want. “The Goldwyn Follies” boasts the last and perhaps greatest score written by the late George Gershwin, studded with several song hits, including “Love Walked In,” "I Was 1 >ing All Right,” “I Love to Rhyme” and “Love is Here to Stay." The lyrics are by Ira Gershwin. A New Year matinee will be held to-night, commencing at 10.15 p.m. The usual sessions will be held at 2 p.m. and 7.45 p.m.