AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19610, 4 May 1929, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

W MY OFFICIAL WIFE." IHRNH RICH AND CONWAY TEARLE. IN RUSSIAN' ROMANCE.

Theatre-goers will remember "My Official Wife" »« a stage play, based on that very favourite theme, Ozarist Kussia ioiiowed by iioyiet Ktrsaia. One cannot cavil at the choice oi such * theme, Jar it. otters a wide variety for lyyes, (jetting, Bn d plenty of romantic sdveature. Xow that the t»cieen baa utilised "My Onuual Wife," the picture wiU b« screened at Liberty Theatre next week. Irene ilieh and Conway Tearie play the Wads, iiiaa ilicii that ui the toumess UnoS, 'iem-ie, that oi the Grand Duke Alexander. The Urand Duke Alexander, uiuetuiij the Countess Or.off on her way tu a masquerade, leads the lady into indiscretion*. To shield lua son. the elder Duke oulets the Couutesa to Siberia as a Nihilist uar and revolution eoiu« to IJussia, but unl,- vengeance is in the heart ot the Lady OrloiS, who later meets Alexander, tells hun her story, both of them unknown to each other, and re-enters liussia as the official wile oi t|ie Uvalid Duke. From then on the picture becomes very dramatic. Ken Maynatd in "The Phantom City" is the second attraction. A haunted mine, a deserted city, a girl and two villains, with oi»ly Maynaul and his trusty eteed against them, fouu the basis of this very exciting story. Mr Ernest Jamiesou conducts the Concert Orchestra in the following musical numbers: Overture, "Third Symphony" (Beethoven); "tjeiuiramide" (Kossini), ''Songs Without Words" (Mendelssohn). "The Black Domino" (Auber), "The Fourth Generation" (Lackneri, 'Love's Old Sweet Song" (Mol'-oy), "Qemi From Wagner" (Urbach), 'The Merry Widow" (Lehar), "The Blue Danube Waltzes" (Strauss), 'Kuy Bias" (Mendelssohn), "Slavonic Paoce" (Dvorak). The box plans are at The Bristol Piano. Company, where seats may be reserved.