ENTERTAINMENTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 28, 13 November 1934, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MAJESTIC THEATRE. "Happy Ever After," showing at the Majestic Theatre to-night and tomorrow night, while a delightful comedy, is almost a moral. It teaches that true happiness conies not from doing what one likes, but from -"king what one has to do—that one should not waste a lifetime dreaming of some impossible Utopia, but find permanent pleasure in present conditions. lhe moral'of the picture is told in a delightful fantasy of-two window-cleaners and a circus girl—the first two quite satisfied with their station in life and with life itself, the girl filled with the ambition to achieve screen stardom in Hollywood. Since they are in Berlin, this seems to be the impossible, and through a rollicking comedy the two pals convince her that her lasting happiness lies right back home in Berlin. THE OIL INDUSTRY. An interesting' lecture on the oil industry will be given by means of an all-talkie film programme in the Majestic Theatre to-morrow morning, commencing at 10 o'clock. The films depict many inteiesting features of the petroleum industry, and one features the activities of the New Guinea Airways. This film gives a fine illustration of how aviation has been the means of overcoming the n:any difficulties with'which goldmining in New Guinea, was faced. When work for gold in New Guinea started it took 14 days to Travel from the coast to the goldfields and back, a distance ofl only 70 miles, but as a result of the wonderful progress made with aeroplanes the time has been reduced to 45 minutes. The films should be of undoubted interest to all connected with machinery of all kinds. REPERTORY SOCIETY PLAYS. The final production of the Ashbur-' ton Repertory Society for the 1934 season will take, place in His Majesty's Theatre on Wednesday, November 28. In response to numerous requests, the society has decided to put on a bracket of one-act plays instead of a three-act | play. The plays selected are of unusual interest and are varied in eharac- ! ter. Their length makes it possible to produce only three in an evening instead of four, as on previous occasions. Strong casts have been chosen, and are rehearsing assiduously. The production should fitting finale to a very successful season.