Capitol Theatre

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Capitol Theatre 229 Main Street W, Peterborough, SA - 1930 Talkies come to Peterborough.

Sourced from the Courier newspaper May 16, 1930

The Desert Song was presented at the Capitol Theatre in the sound on disc format. This was a 1929 American Pre-Code operetta film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda, and Myrna Loy. It was photographed partly in two-color Technicolor, the first film released by Warner Bros to include footage in color. The film included a 10-minute intermission during which music was played. It was based on the hit musical play with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel. Some of the songs from the show have been omitted, the film is otherwise virtually a duplicate of the stage production and extremely faithful to it.

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