AMUSEMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 July 1927, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT

A fight that would seem destined to live as a classic among filmed encounters is one of the high-lights in “Baree, Son of Kazan,” the James Oliver Curwood story whose pictured adaption comes to the Opera House to-night. Nepeese is surprised in her father’s cabin by McTaggart, and he is in the act of embracing the girl when Nepeese’s father, Pierrot, suddenly appears in the doorway. Pierott attacks McTaggart and the liveliest mixup follows. It’s the real thing in a fight. In “The Radio Detective,” an adventure picture of 10 episodes with Bonomo, the world’s strongest man, as star, Bonomo plays a character that is entirely new and different from anything yet done in pictures or on the stage. As Easton Evans, crack football player and senior at college, Scoutmaster and wireless genius par excellence, he becomes a real, romantic hero. Easton Evans is not only a man of enormous strength and athletic ability, a great boxer, wrestler and swimmer, all qualities possessed by Bonomo, but also a. radio wizard and a great lover. “The Radio Detective,” opens at the Opera House to-night.

SUNDAY NIGHT. The latest phrase to be added to American vocabularies (“As funny as a load of hay”), owes its place in current conversation to Douglas MacLean’s development of the funny possibilities of a load of hay in “That’s My Baby,” playing at the Sunday night picture benefit at the Opera House. In addition to the baby and the load of hay, a notable supporting cast contributes to the fun-making. MONDAY AND TUESDAY. __ With the news that Douglas Fairbanks’ latest screen offering, “The Black Pirate,” will be the big feature attraction at the Opera House, starting on Monday next, comes word that this picture is entirely in colour and ranks as one of the most elaborate cinema spectacles of the year. “The Black Pirate” comes heralded as presenting everything for general audience entertainment —high adventure, appealing romance, gripping melodrama and mystifying intrigue. FIRE BRIGADE BALL.

The Greymouth Fire Brigade’s annual ball, which takes place next Thursday, promises to eclipse anything yet held in Greymduth, being of the old-time custom. A great demand is being made for tickets. Messrs T. Collins and W. Williams are masters of ceremonies, while the veteran B. Fass is going to assist. Everybody’s Orchestra is a sufficient guarantee that the music will be of the highest class. The supper arrangements are well forward, with a strong ladies’ committee, whilst the floor is being specially prepared by Mr George Bidgood, so given a fine night a bumper house is predicted for such a worthy object.