ENTERTAINMENTS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 196, 1 June 1938, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

ST. JAMES THEATRE.

“THE BARRIER. ’’

Action and romance suitably combine to make a lino picture of “The Barrier,” which commences at St. James Theatre this evening, and will he shown again to-morrow night. Filmed against the magnificent background of the rugged and stimulating Canadian North-west, the picture is an admirable blending of powerful action and romantic love. Rex Beach’s grand story of red-blooded life loses nothing in its transcriptions to the screen. The forbidden love of a young army officer, James Ellison, with a half-caste Yukon girl, Jean Barker, is the theme of the story and how the two solve their problem in the novel is brilliantly revealed in the picture. Leo Carillo is the third leading player and lie is cast as Poleon Doret, the lovable woods trapper, who secretly loves Necia (Jean Parker), supposedly the daughter of an old friend. He helps the young girl during her difficult moments of indecision, but trouble fellows the inrush of gold miners, dll in search of strikes. With the new arrivals is a man named Stark who knew of the girl’s supposed father hack in California. After a quarrel in which one of the two is killed, the girl is kidnapped by Runnion, a satellite of Stark. Poleon then takes a hand in the proceedings and the films moves to its grand finale.

HARMONICA BAND CONCERT. A successful concert was conducted by Bloomfield,’s Imperial Harmonica Band in the Radiant Hall on Alcnday evening. Items were contributed as follows:—Songs, Aliss K. Hannan; song and dance, Aliss Yvonne Wright; skipping rope dance, Aliss Doris Alead; policeman’s dance, Alaster Sheehan; tap dances, Alisses Billy Jackson, Hancock and Alaster Sheehan; xylophone solo, 1 Air Trevor Brown ; mouth-organ solo, Air G. Bloomfield; pianoforte solo, Alaster Sheehan; National dance, Afiss Chambers; items by the senior and junior hands, with vocal solos by Bandsman A. Wesley; comedy sketch by the 16 mouth-organ hoys. Dance music was by Bandsman B. Dabourn, with extras by the Band. Air J. Smith was announcer and master of ceremonies. WOMEN’S INSTITUTE CONCERT. There' was a capacity house at the St. Andrew’s Hall last evening when the Afid-Canterbury Federation of the Women’s Institute held its annual concert. The programme, every item of which was warmly received, was as follow's: One-act play, Alount Somers W.T. ; march, selected, Ashburton Silver Band; hymn, selected, Ashburton Silver Band; gavotte, “Little Old Lady,” Ashburton Silver Band; vocal solo, Aliss Yvonne Wright; elocution, Air A. H. Todd; dance, Shirley James; baritone solo, Air G. Fawcett; mannequin parade, AV.T. members, who bad eight lessons or more, and who have made at least two frocks; introductory remarks by Aliss Ray Robins; instrumental trio, Dr. N. E. H. Fulton and Alessrs AV. H. Osborne and A. Gordon; dance, Aliss Joan Sheehan; elocution, Air A. H. Todd; vocal solo, Alis 9 A 7. AVright; dance duo, Alisses James and Sheehan; one-act play farce, Willowby, Eiffelton and Loweliffe W.l.’s.