ENTERTAINMENTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 149, 5 April 1933, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MAJESTIC THEATRE "The Old Dark House," to be shown finally to-night,. thrilled last night's audience, who were kept in a stage of frightened enjoyment after holding them on edge throughout its rapid succession of exciting sequences. Based on .the strange story by the celebrated English author, J. B. Priestley, this unusual picture tells the story of storm driven travellers who seek the night's lodging in a bleak, forbidding old house in the lonely Welsh mountains, only to discover its inhabitants are dangerously insane and under the spell of a malignant giant servant. As the storm increases, so does the evil brute's ferocity, and a series of terrifying events occurs, giving this picture an absolutely unequalled dramatic punchespecially when a murder-mad maniac is loosed. THE GREAT PYRAMID In view of the widespread interest that has been taken in .the prophetic indications of the Great [Pyramid, it is anticipated there will be a large'attendance at St. Stephen's Hall to-morrow evening hen the Rev. P. H. Pritchett will deliver a lantern lecture en the subject. The lecturer will show row the Pyramid prophecy has been confirmed up to January 31 last. SCOTTISH SOCIETY'S CEILIDH The Ashburton County Scottish .Society held the first of its series of Ceilidhs in the Tancred Street Hall last evening. There was a good attendance and those present spent an enjoyable evening dancing to music supplied by Terris' JJance Band. Messrs R. Bain and T. Thomson were M.C's.