AMUSEMENTS.
LIBERTY THEATRE. On* at the lost programmes of " talkies" ma i* Christ'-kan-h **' that shown al the Lilwrty TTturner* Imsi atghf. Ther* wsa oniy •a* clone Sin, aad that was "Tha Eruption •f Kt V»ai»»ij»." Th* saaia feature waa ike stage pl*y • Oa Trial,*" with a supporting ■•at whirh etm'.4 hmr4ly b* bettered. tha i«»ds »««« iaJten by F»n!u»* Frederick. who has •n<an4 m Chnstehnrch. Lou %V;l«oa. Mote** Harbor*., aad Bert Th* eoart ikelM are »*ej *trak-jif and reaHatic. Ike •tory concerns tha tnorSerr of G*rald Trask. TIM •wppiTtiaf "talkie" 41ms are stxeelbaf aaea. aad include Mary Lewis, a soprano *f tie Sew Tork Opera Company, who is keasd la eld plantation songs, entitled 'Ta cry Me Bark to Old V-rgiaay.'" ""Swing AUai Sa*„"* and "Dixie." Tha singing is perfectly «!ear and well produced. The Br»*n tamm are Srst"<:t#ss exponents on the saxophone. aad eoadaet their «r<-hestr» !n a aeleirtioa of popular <nng», ' 'Bolifrog aad the Ce«a. I'eed I D"." "Rosy Cheeks." and * f«gliac<-i Jaued I - p. " "'The fot >"«w »'' Ii tai> of interesting sobj«'ts. and *"sap« ha*'* Homeland'" *it»s a (nod idea of Canica. Jli.:«r and l'arr»i! ar» a pair rat fcw*»arist» of a high order, and with the ■aadotia and piano stag "llagzi* B!i*." ' * WiMa the P™.t#y-WilTow Whi*p""?s to the CaMtop,"" as<{ "T.aJurtoo '
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19769, 6 November 1929, Page 9
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214AMUSEMENTS. Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19769, 6 November 1929, Page 9
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