Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-22 | Page 7 | Big-Scale Musical an Orpheum Feature

Scale Big-Scale Musical An Orpheum Feature Hollywoods Hollywood's fabulous wealth was unstintingly poured Into the thc production production pro- pro of the musical extravaganza The Music Goes the current cur cur- current rent attraction at the Orpheum theater theater the- the ater ter which has delighted the coun- coun t ry with lt its sophisticated d swing melodies mel mcl- odies dies written by Tin Pan alleys alley's l leading composers Given a cast of I seven even leading performers performer it also bo boasts dancers dancers- singers entertainers entertainers enter- enter and extras Harry Richman Richman Rich Rich- man the singing star heads the talented talented tal tal- tal- tal group of at principals with viv vi- vi v elous Rochelle Hudson opposite him im play playing n the daughter of a southern showboat owner with whom he falls in love V Walter Iter Conolly Connolly Con- Con olly nolly appears as the Athe voiced anvil-voiced sh showboat captain giving g a characteristic charac- charac performance and Michael Bartlett op operatic tenor displays his I golden voice in the title song I When Richman a Broadway roadway musical mu- mu comedy star Is stranded in inho inthe ho tho little town where the showboat troupe roupe is appearing he conceives ho tho jocular idea of ot bringing th the enire entire entire en- en tire ire troupe northward for a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York performance Farley Fancy and andley Riley ley New York favorites are seen in n na a spectacular sequence featuring the he famous Onyx club band am nd their heir round and round music The levee and southern village loca- loca lion ion Hon forms one of at the gigantic sets seu several hundred persons persona employed cm- cm d dancing neing girls negro enter enter- roustabouts deckhands and the he showboat audience Ship Hell Morgan with the fhe brawny George Bancroft appearing in n the title role is a companion of of- He is cast as as' a tuna boat boa captain a man man who always gets what he wants by right of at might Ann Sothern n plays the feminine lead cad as the penniless girl Morgan marries s and brings aboard hoard his ship to o become the center of emotional I disturbances as as she shortly realizes realize she has married out of a 8 sense sense o ol at p loyalty to tho the man man who has hu befriended be befriended be her When she falls In love lov Jove with the handsome mate played b by P Victor J Jory ory there ensues a n I conflict of at emotions the friendship I of ot the two men being almost dis diz Sequences showing the ship battUng bat bat- tUng its way through heavy sea seas I are especially impressive and the th thi captains captain's fearless action in I mutiny among his men furnishes an ar ani 1 exciting incident The supporting I cast includes George Regas Roll RoBy P Lloyd and Howard HIckman I