Milford News | 1931-10-29 | Page 5 | Lawrence Tibbett as Singing Hobo

I LAWRENCE TIBBETT ! AS SINGING HOBO i I "The Prodigal," with Lawrence Tibbett in the staring )oe and a supporting cast featuring Esther Ralston, Ral-ston, 'Roland Young and Cliff Edwards, Ed-wards, will open Thursday at the Victory Vic-tory Theatre. The story written by Bess Mere-dyth Mere-dyth and Wells Root presents the Metropolitan opera star in his first modern screen role ,that of the son of an aristocratic Southern family who breaks home ties to become a "hobo." This is believed to be the first time that the devil-may-care existence of the "tramp," and more particularly that laconic species of "hobo" which roams the South, has ever been depicted de-picted on the screen. When audiences have recovered from the surprise of seeing the Metropolitan Met-ropolitan baritone in this thoroughly "different" role, they may prepare themselves for other interesting details. de-tails. They will see what is believed to be the first authentic talking screen representation re-presentation of an old-fashioned negro neg-ro barbecue with all the colorful trimmings. trim-mings. They will hear the celebrated Ethiopian Eth-iopian Etude Chorus of a hundred voices. They will view a picturesque fox hunt with sixty red-coated riders headed by Miss Ralston and Purnell B. Pratt. They will see a novel array of pets and animals including "Alice," a trained tortoise; a tame skunk, a trained fox, "Buster" and "Oscar," all-barkie comedy dogs; a trained eel, seventy horses and a trained rooster.