ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 September 1934, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

c ’ OPERA HOUSE—TO-NIGHT. e b A double star programme will be 1 ‘ screened at the Opera House to-night 5 - and Tuesday. Buster Crabbe, worlds champion swimmer, chosen as “The Lion Man,” in a contest which ems braced nearly every athlete of note s in America, makes his debut in “King of the Jungle,” one of the pictures* to be shown. Dark-eyed Francis Dee plays opposite him. The Lion Man, a youth raised in a jungle among lions, is captured and taken to the 5 United States to use his understanding of lions as a headliner in a cir- ° cus. His romance with Miss Dee, a - school teacher who sympathises with him, runs throughout the picture. The I climax is a circus fire when the animals break into the street of a large . city, destroying and terrorising the j inhabitants. George O’Brien, in “Smoked Light- . ning” is teamed with the British . comic, Frank Atkinson. Taken from j Zane Grey’s “Canyon Walls,” this ; tale of the cattle country is one of the 3 most exciting. Nell O’Day and Betsy - King Ross head the supporting cast. ■ The box plan is at Kilgour’s Ware- ’ house, and there is no extra charge for booking. ' SURF CLUB’S DANCE The weekly Surf Club’s Old Time Dance will be held in the Blaketown Hall to-night. Two good novelties will be run off. Go where the crowds go. Dancing 8.30. Williams’ orchestra. S. Willis, M.C. Funds in aid of new club house. MILITARY BALL. To-morrow night at Schaef’s, the ’ evening of the Grand Military Ball, all worry and gloom will be cast : aside, and revelry will reign supreme. < The intoxicating lilt of the orchestra, ] combined with the perfect rythm of carefree feet, the dazzling lights and blaze of gorgeous gowns, will create a nerve-tingling spectacle never to be forgotten. No effort has been spared to make this occasion an outstanding success. Special arrangements for supper have been made, and numerous prizes are offered for both Old Time and modern novelty dances