ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 December 1934, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE—TO-NIGHT ONLY. A lively, intriguing picture, with an entertaining tale- of love, youth and adventure is “Midshipman Jack,” . a story of romance and dramatic action against the background of the United States Naval* Academy at Annapolis, where it was filmed. “Midshipman Jack” presents an able, talented array of youthful players in Bruce Cabot, Betty Furness, Frank Albertson, John Darrow and Arthur and Florence Lake. FRIDAY ONLY. Are doctors people? Do they live and love like the rest of the world? Are they unable to get -the same joyout of life as non-professional men and women? These questions are answered in a picture, which, as a tribute to the men and women of the medical profession, has not been surpassed on the screen. The film is “The Right to Romance,” to be shown Friday only, and lovely Ann Harding carries the starring role of a woman surgeon who becomes celebrated for her skill in plastic surgery. SATURDAY ONLY. Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera, Jack Dempsey, Walter Huston and Otto Kruger comprise the distinguished group of actors and sporting personalities in “Every Woman’s Man,” a gripping story of the prize ring, to be shown at Saturday’s matinee and evening. RUNANGA TO-NIGHT. “That’s a Good Girl” will be shown to-night. STANLEY McKAY’S GAIETIES. The “N.Z. Herald” of November 12, says of the opening performance of Stanley McKay’s “Gaieties of 1934”: Unbounded enthusiasm greeted ‘Hullo Everybody,’ the first production of Stanley McKay’s International Revue Co., at His Majesty’s Theatre on Saturday night. Not for many years have Auckland theatregoers been treated to such a wealth of variety talent, the tremendous applause reviving memories of the heyday of vaudeville. Not only is the company strong in comedy, singing and dancing, but it has brilliant novelty items, including yodelling, acrobatics, living statuary, a contortion act, and a remarkable demonstration of balancing on a wire. In the latter offering Trampo showed amazing balance in his interpretation of an American tramp who sleeps and performs a series of marvellous feats on an ordinary wire clothes line. The comedians include Frank Perrin, 20 stone of English fun; Ted Stanley, the tiny Australian comic; Dot Arnold, vivacious Australian; and Nell Fleming, the talented American comedienne. Amongst the singers are Victor Burke, Irish tenor; Rae Foster, soprano; and Cecil Perry, baritone. The Greymouth season opens at the Town Hall on New Year’s Night, with “Hullo Everybody,” a revue that gives unlimited opportunities to the artists. Seats may be reserved at Kilgour’s Warehouse. Plans now open.