"THE ANGEL OF BROADWAY'' AT GAIETY DE LUXE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 70, 24 April 1929, Page 2

"THE ANGEL OF BROADWAY'' AT GAIETY DE LUXE.

Romsince — "-tirriiu* dianiu. whoio-f-'oine (oiucdy — tiiat's the ''Anpcel oi Bnuiu'wny'' a de N I i 1 1 e ieature produoUon of ihe nto.-t glaniorou.s type vrith i iianninr; Lcatrice Jov in the greate.st lole of hor enrecr, and ulio i'J Ktipporti ed by a notcworthy cast includine; Viclor Varconi and Alif-e Lakc, wliich tops tiio birr doublu feature bill to be preM.'iitod at ihe Gaiety De T.uxe thrA heautilui dancor in a nipht t In!) Oi,, nn the adulation ot all — kuown a the Augel of Binadway, slie df-eorate.s a jiroducdion uliieh is cxtraordiuary in evory wav. Scene aiier sfene hlied vvitli drama. pathos tlirillsr and langljtt-r— a production at ohce bcauUful — realistie. lianniim aiul sati— lytng;--its nnuric -jjcll ivill enthrali botli younir and old. I'ixfpiibite — elevation — enobliiur— a nioral ^tiiniilaut without heiuy; a preaeliiuent. The creocl oi: the ''Anjiel" wa- "You liave to slioek !cm to itet by" and slie did liei lu .--t to Iive up to tlio-o prineiples. The trave.-t dancer on the Great While \Y;iy— slie svncopaTed hynin.s — lauglud at reliiion— seoli'ed at praver — until taced with the ttreat realities of life. The olainonr. nirht-eluh revue— syneopatin{£ orehestra, spot li*ht« reekh -s gaiety the allure of iazz— in- ( idents oll'-stage of the hrigliest an 1 peppie.st slunv 011 Broadway— with 1 1 atrice -loy in dazzhng arrny — a terlifie eliinax — the niglit elub dancer alled 10 the hed.side of the (lying women of the streets — the going througli with hor errand of nierey. Such i-; the exeiting nielodrania lli.it is nninherod ainong-.t the inost entertaining that lia.s becn construeted by Univei'sal from the original sereen story l»y William I.ester, "Pliantom Fingers" ( Slim Fingers") with William Cody and Dnane Thonipson as the l'oatured jdayeis. A hngthy eoiued.v and the li.test Englisli and American topieals ('•nujilete a wouder night's entertainlnent, wliieli imwt reeord eajiaeity husi-ne-s tln nughout its season. Usual Gaiety jiriees prcvail. Seats may he reserved without extra eliarge by l'inging 'phone ifl.