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Show FOUR FAVORITE ENTERTAINERS i TO BE SEEN AT RIVOLI SUNDAY, ! MONDAY, "PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ" I i harry richwh Joan bennek jamb gibsom ond LILYANI TASHMANjnTUTTN'ONTKE RIC songs Richman sings in the picture pic-ture were especially written for him by Irving Berlin, who cut short a European trip on a .call from Joseph M. Schenck, and travelled a good many thousand miles to lend a hand on the picture. pic-ture. "Puttin on the Ritz" is an original orig-inal story by John W." Considine, Jr. The dialogue was written by William K. Wells, prominent playwright play-wright who established himself among Hollywood's foremost dialogue dia-logue writers with his work in "The Cock-Eyed World." Considine' story, as a matter of fact, closely parallels Richman's own experiences in the world of the theatre, a 1 hough it was not written with the star's background in mind. The plot traces the career ca-reer of its principal character from an obscure vaudeville player to a musical comedy and night club favorite. Into the picture has been woven the authentic atmosphere of smalltime small-time vaudeville, night clubs and backstage in the glittering New York musical revues an atmosphere atmos-phere familiar to both writers of the story and the players in the picture. , One of Broadway's most brilliant personalities comes to the screen world for the first time in "Puttin' on the Ritz," the United Artists all-dialogue all-dialogue musical extravaganza which opens its local engagement at the Rivoli theater, Sunday, Monday Mon-day and Tuesday. That personality is Harry Rich-man, Rich-man, perhaps the most versatile of all the masters of song and comedy along the famous street of entertainment. enter-tainment. For three years the star of George White's "Scandals." Rich-man Rich-man is celebrated in many ways. His golden voice has started many popular songs on the way to success. suc-cess. His phonograph records sell more copies, according to music house reports, than those of any other popular singer. His voice and his wit have made his night clubs the most exclusive aftershow resorts in New York City. He is a popular entertainer over the radio, and a headline attraction during his occasional " brief engagements in vaudeville. In "Puttin' on the Ritz," he adds another testimonial to his versatility versa-tility by adapting himself to the medium of the talking screen. Although Al-though the medium is new, it was not particularly difficult for Rich-man Rich-man to learn its technique. Before realizing that he was a singer as 1 well as a pianist, Richman had considerable experience on the legitimate stage, playing in stock companies both east and west. "Puttin' on the Ritz'' indeed combines com-bines twro great popular musical personalities, for several of the |
