HIGH-CLASS PROGRAMME
Great entertainment results from the combination of film and stage now drawin t* large houses to the Gfand Dpera House, The HumbfifM’ Brehop CdhWMy are on the same bill with the filin’, “A Dangerous Paradise. . The Plfcturd M a Joseph Conrad metomelodrama,. with love, hate, murder, and fobberj niakifig lively play in a island retreat frliich the author fifing to cfili Sourabaya (which is .quite a F','l'jP c , < ; [ . able Javan city); Theffe Almuv a liwp bib &f female jetSahi, wllb plays tM viol n lb a low-down cabaret, is pestered Jhl Attentions, of a rascally mob, including the dagO conductor of the proprietor 6f tbfe go;down. The HUmphrey Bishop. Company consists of dan " ppfh* mincers, cdrtujdmiik, hnd musicians, who give A. delightfully snAppy ffient, in which never a moment s Wasted. ftFa Sl?e mmusS tlife drill sergeant ih the ffillHarV which .takes the musical form of tile fiiafCh song frtim "Thfe Lore Parade.” Another excellent Character aCtof, Bigge? and daffieef is Arthur Helmsley, who singS sotad Alily rentes .in Lancashire diAl6ct , vOt? IMS irt h Wfilt“r Kfngstey! eho#,” C<> d b h? r thAt Me bnMd, ;X%WitH FfAfl Webmer (tenor), and Maurice Barliilg, .Mr.. Kingsley indulges in Somv &id. trivialities; Tlielfiitt Tfott is viceable soprano, Eiainb Maye a-■ comedienne. Of special qualitj is the throw-about dance of Des , i . rae „ a I " t J n tigue, which commences with a leap from a rock, by the first-named. Desirees aerial AfAbefifiUeß are distinctly graceful .and bewitching; . MefitiM Should alfio be mAd<? of the violin plajdiig of Bl&ekburn;
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 54, 27 November 1930, Page 17
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258HIGH-CLASS PROGRAMME Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 54, 27 November 1930, Page 17
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