AMUSEMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 December 1929, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

OPERA HOUSE. Fannie Brice is sending the Opera Ho'u'se' audiehces into' Hysterical gales 61' laughter And teArs ' in “My Man,” her'fii’st talkie picture. For‘years', in jfeusi6al‘ comedy or on the vaudeville stage "she has been doing the same. There are other people who go th'fobgh strange" physical contortions td 'get ‘laughs"’ Fahnie Brice’s antics ai'e ? quit6 'her own, nobody can duck, bi-’wriggle “or grimace br discover a refractory finger with such' sure-fire deftness as ' she. Indian feathers are but’secondary aids, so are the floating veils i and'” wreath of ‘the' ludicrous travest? r on the'“Spring Song.” They Are'but'the trappings ahd the suits of the -JesteK 5 What Fannie’s secret? How’’does she 7 let'loose all the giggles Ard the" guffaw's and "the tears,’ too? One inkling of the'secret no doubt comes from the fact that'she is a born mimic, hnbther ' 'is' the fact that she hcts’-filudTed humanity all' her life, the odd quirks of gesture and dress and exbre^sion—but the best one yet suggested is the fact that she really likes neople. Her imitations never have a tpuch of bitterness'. They are genial, understanding, 'compassionate! This is an 80 per cent'." Talkie. It is ' a drama of Everyday life' ahd everyday people. On the ' same programme' are three’ short Talkie Featurettes.’ THURSDAY. Colleen klporp in “Love Never Dies” a sound synchronised film, will be

shown on Thursday and Friday. It is one of the best pictures ever made. MARIST SCHOOL BOYS’ CONCERT. The Marist Brothers’ School boys, assisted by friends,’ are holding their annual concert at the Town Hall on Thursday, December 12, and patrons are 'promised an evening’s entertainment, artistic and refined. Nine boys will play a violin selection, and it may safely be said that few towns in New Zealand can produce such juvenile talent in violin playing. “The Wedding of'the Painted. Doll” will be sung with a 'most naive setting. The boys will provide choruses and drill. The stately gavotte of olden times, and the charming folk dances will delight the most fastidious. The talented violinist, Miss Mary Martin, will be heard in a duet with Geoff. Fogarty. The first year Secondary boys are staging scenes from “Julius Caesar,” and though the attempt is somewhat ambitious it is sure to please the audience.