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Show ; GREAT OUTDOOR CLASSIC "THE VIRGINIAN" COMING TO RIVOLI I i f .i - a , ,, , . " ' rr miK'iea.- 'alkies, m which Marion Davies is starred, tuneful melodies play an important part, having bi'en written as an integral part of the dialogue and plot motivation, 'i'lies': numbers are "Just You i Just Me" the love ballad and I "Hang On To Me," written by Greer and Klages: "Sugar" and "Oo La , La La La!" by Turk and Ahlert ! who also wrote the theme song j "'Marianne," and "Blondy," by , Li own and Freed. Greer and Klages wil lbe remem-' remem-' bored for "Once in a Lifetime," "FiappcrcUe' and other musical comedy song hits. Turk and Ahlert wrote "Mean to Me" and "I'll Gel F.y" among their success and Drown and Freed were responsible fur "Doll Dance," "Wedding .of Lhe Painted Doll," "You Were Meant for Me." and the recent song hit, "Singing in the Rain." Miss Davies sings "Just You Just Me" in French as well as English Eng-lish in the picture and Lawrence Gray, who plays opposite her, voices it as his love song in the tender mom. its of the picture, j ."Marianne" also is sung by Miss Davies and Gray. Cliff (Ukelele ! Ike) Edwards sings "Sugar" and "Hang On to Me," and "Blondy" and "Oo La La La La" is used to advantage in novelty scenes. A s per t.i ruin r outdoors action scene in which 300 head of bellowing bellow-ing cattle swim across the swirling swirl-ing current of the Stanislaus river " f'ulifnrrr'' is o',r! of til'1 big l'-i- turcs of "The Virginian," which cames to the Kivoh i neater Sunday, I Monday and Tuesday. The acl ion scene represents a : new chapter in talking picture his- tory. it is the first time such a ' spectacle has ever been iccorded on'l films. The crossing was made at Byrne's Ferry, twenty miles from Sonota, mining town ih California's "Mother "Moth-er Lode." Seven cameras and a hatl ery of microphones recorded the action and sound. When the mechanical and electrical elec-trical eciuipmenL had been installed at vantage points along the river hank, a group di cowboys, responding respond-ing to a signal from Victor Flom-! Flom-! Ing, the director, stampeded the protesting cattle into the swift, stream. The herd milled and; turned, eventually striking out fori t he far shore. Tin- swift current j carried most of the beeves and the mounted riders 200 yards down-, down-, st ream before the objective was i reached. All t he sounds of this stirring tumult were recorded precisely by , the sound laboratories set up some i 300 ya ids back from the "mikes." ' "The Virginian" is the first ou'- doors classic in sound and dialog ! Gary Cooper is cast in the title role, ! his first full-dialogue part. Walter Huston, featured lead of "Gentle- l men of the Press," is seen and j heard as Trampas, the villian. Rich- aid Atlen is Steve, the wayward cow-puncher, and Mary Brian is Molly Wood, the winsome school-ma'am. school-ma'am. ' ( , "MAIUAXNE" Six newsong hits from the pens : and pianos of popular composers j make their debut from the talking i screen in "Marianne," which is 1 , slated for the Rivoli theater Wed nesday and Thtusday. In this new Metro-Goldwyn-May- |
