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Show "Broadway Rhythm" Sparkles With Gaiety, Music, Top Performers Gaiety and tenderness, merry songs and sentimental ones, dances, danc-es, sparking specialty acts, plus an inspired use of technicolor, plus a good story that's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's latest technicolor technicol-or hit, "Broadway Rhythm." The film, which starts its engagement en-gagement at the Rivoli theatre, stars a new romantic team. "Broadway Rhythm" has a brilliant bril-liant cast headed by George Murphy, Mur-phy, an oft-proved screen favorite, favor-ite, and Ginny Simms, lovely lady of the air-waves, who makes her debut under the M-G-M banner in the exciting role of a Hollywood Holly-wood movie star. Add to that sure-fire pair of entertainers, Tommy Dorsey and his music, Charles Winninger, Lena Home, Hazel Scott, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Gloria De Haven, Kenny Bowers, Ben Blue and Nancy Walker. Add six sensational newcomers from the New York stage the Ross Sisters, three breath-taking young acrobats; Walter Long, tap dancer nonpareil; Jane Hale, golden-haired dancer who is George Murphy's partner in a fast-stepping interlude, and Dean Murphy, the White House's favorite mimic, who presents a series of the laugh - provoking impersonations that made him famous. Climaxing the film is a spectacularly spectac-ularly imaginative presentation utilizing almost the entire .talent-studded .talent-studded cast dancing and singing, "Who's Who in Your Love Life?" another new song by tunesmiths Raye and DePaul. "Broaodway Rhythm" was directed di-rected by Royal Del Ruth, veteran maker of technicolor films, including includ-ing "Du Barry Was a Lady." It was produced by Jack Cummings, who brought to the screen such successes as "Ship Ahoy" and "I Dood It- |