The Film Daily (1935)

nm BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936 Cast: JACK BENNY, ELEANOR POWELL, ROBERT TAYLOR, SID SILVERS, BUDDY & VILMA EBSEN, JENNY LEGON, FRANCES LANGFORD, SHIRLEY ROSS, UNA MERKEL, STUART ERWIN, JUNE KNIGHT, NICK LONG, JR., Etc. Director, Roy Del Ruth. Book by Jack TAcGowan and Sid Silvers. Music by Brown and Freed. Dances staged by Dave Gould. Special Dance Number by Carl Randall. OKAY, gentlemen. ..tell us it was a long time coming . . . tell us the public has patiently awaited another smash romantic musical to equal M-G-M's one and only original "Broadway Melody. But don't forget to add that all the dreams have come true... here is Broadway Melody of 1936" to top its famed predecessor with its talent, with its music, with its production wonders and with its story that combines heart-throbs, dramatic suspense, a million laughs and a wallop at the end to send them away cheering. It was the exciting human interest story of M-G-M's earlier success that kept them clinging to the edge of their seats. The "Broadway Melody of 1936" is blessed with a dramatic love story twice as intense, with twists and unexpected de velopments in rapid-fire, breath-taking profusion. Unique methods of introducing song and dance and spectacle, make this a model of ingenuity. Carl Randall's "Magic Dance number, mystifying as a Houdini trick and beautiful to behold, is a brand new note on the screen. Numbers likeTve Got A Feeling ForYou," "Broadway Rhythm" and "Lucky Star" blaze a new trail for music and spectacle on the screen. And that WALLOP at the end ... a surprise finish with a bang! And what a cast, headed by radio favorite Jack Benny. And those gowns by Adrian! Sing out the good news. .."Broadway Melody of 1936"... a success-picture that will pack them in for the biggest money's worth of joy they've ever had in their lives. A TALE OF TWO CITIES starring RONALD COLMAN and big name cast, including ELIZABETH ALLAN, BASIL RATHBONE, DUDLEY DIGGES, EDNA MAY OLIVER, CONSTANCE COLLIER, HENRY B. WALTHAL, REGINALD OWEN, WALTER CATLETT Based on the Charles Dickens novel. Adapted to the screen by W. P. Lipscomb, who did the famed script on "Les Miserables." Jack Conway, Director AT this time when BIG spectacular productions defy ' * all precedent in what they can do at the box office, M-G-M comes along with the BIGGEST! "A Tale of Two Cities"is Dickens' most celebrated action romance, read by millions, known the world over. The drama takes place in London and Paris during the thunderous days of the French Revolution. Ronald Colman plays the part of Sidney Carton, handsome English idler who falls in love with Lucie Manette, French beauty. Lucie, after securing the release of her father from the grim prison Bastille, marries Charles Darnay, a titled French nobleman who greatly resembles Carton. Darnay bravely faces the terror of Paris to rescue an old family servant; he is betrayed by the shrewdness of the relentless Madame Defarge, a wine-seller, and is thrown into the dread dungeons of the Revolutionists. The spectacle approaches its unforgettable climax when Ronald Colman, as Carton, taking advantage of his resemblance to the condemned Darnay, saves the husband of Lucie whom he loves dearly, by substituting himself in the dungeon and going to his death on the scaffold instead of Darnay. How fortunate that writer W. P.Lipscomb, whose screen story of "Les Miserables" is so widely credited with that picture's success, should be the one selected to tell the story of "A Tale of Two Cities" for the screen. Go back in your memory to the most glorious M-G-M giant attractions that have stirred the world and be assured that "A Tale of Two Cities" will top them all! f