"ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" IN SOUND.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 250, 22 November 1929, Page 2

"ABIE'S IRISH ROSE" IN SOUND.

The greatest thing in the wor'J- • Anne i.Mchois callt> lt loye ! And to,UU0,0(JU people applaud lier dea xsxon! fcee tlxe greatest story of all txme. The l'aramouut • screen versioii of Anne Nichols "Abie's irxsh Rose,'' which has been eyuipped with quaiuy sound, is a masterpiece of iuterest, beauty and originality, soreeus lo-niglit for the last timo at The Gaiety. 1' or live years on Broadway! Tlus amar.ing miracle of stago packed xnillions. Gripping the iieart oi the world as no.. story ever gripped it before or sinco. Stagedom's greatest all-tmie sensation. This surprising roniantic coxnedy draina with its message ot tolerance. The lovoble characters are portrayed by a distinguished cast including sucli favourite stars as Jean Hersholt, Cliarles "Buddy" Rogers and Nancy Carroll. They emphasise the hmnanity of the original story, sliow the conflict of father against father, thc triumphant force of love, and thehumour of intolerance. Picturesque backgrounds, extending from New York to Cali'fornia, deliglit the eye, as the story unfokls and unique sound effects pixnctuate tlie comecly. Tlie musieal score, with the lovely theme song, "Rosemary," ' CapUvates. 1hi5 score was created specitilly for this picture by J.- S:v' Zalnecnik. 'Ihe characters of the Irisli -- and Jewisli fathers are ahly portrayed by J. Farrell MacDonakl arid Jean Hersholt, respectively. Mr and Jlrs ( ohen are played by Bernnrd Gorcey and Ida Kramer, who played the original stage characters on Broadway. Nancy Carroll has the cliaracter of Rosemary, C'harles Rogers that of Abie. "Rosemary" and "Little Irish Rose" are the two songs that 5Iiss Nancy Carroll sings from the screen in the sound verston of the picture. They are also interpolated into the music score. An amusing playlet "!Moonshine" and "Crooning IMelodies," all-talking-singing "featurettes" complete a bill which rnust draw a capacity house 011 its final presentation. Seats mav be reaexwed by- ringing 'phone 3809.