Variety (Oct 1929)

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22 VARIETY ■ - • - VARIETY Wednesday, October 8, 192d M05T DRAMATIC OPENINGiN WORLD HliTORV WHAT MEX "Sumptupusness. •. ahd vividrtess and pictoridl beauty Quite as astonishing as mountings dh<J settings is the work of Miss Bebe Daniels.. / It will make q barrel of money/' — QUINN MARTIN in THE WORLD '' Gorgeous riot of color arid moyement/ massed gi^oupings and pretty music ; Best of the musi- cal romances that have been trdrisldted to the screen... SW.'. —MEW YORK TELEGRAM '"Handsprne, spendthrift and entirely faithful Tuneful and picturesque. . ." —RItHARD WATTS, jr. in HERALD TRIBUNE 41 An evening of good music, enjoyable fun dnd constant screenfuls of striking scenes Im-; ipres$ive spectacular passages,.. always inter-; lesting because of their loveliness." —MORDAUNT HALL in THE TIMES ^"One of the best entertainments yet ito emerge from the Hpllywood sound studios . . . Bebe Daniels a revelation —best of the singing stars yet made- jaudible . . . Enthusiastic greeting of lost riight's premier is bound to be re- [peated by audiences throughout the Regina Crewe m the Americon '''For Bole's and Bebe's songs alone'Rio ^ita' is worth the price of admission/' __^^r -lrene ThireH 'Technicolor gorgeous. .. sets extravagant. dancing ensembles well-nigh perfect... costum-) ing most eldborate r. . and the recording an excellent job.'' —JULIA SHAWELL in EVENING GRAPHIC "A lavish I spectdcle,^ extravagdntly ? mounted^ colorfully costumed dnd excellently recorded.'^ 'One; of the most pretentious screen musicals'! — Rose Pieiswicic in Evening Journal "Will click wherever it isshdwn . ..By all means take it in if you like beauty and tunefulness/' George Gerhard in Eyen'g^ W Most^successfulltrdnscnptio^ lusical ishowl tfatfhasTcc^^ pichjhes TheiMiracle ▼ Workers musical Jsh screen. _^j0hnJ5kCohen^rAin Suiii