ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 July 1935, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE “TREASURE ISLAND” “Treasure Island,” Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic of pirate adventure starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper as Jim Hawkins and Beery as Long John Silver have some most appealing scenes of their screen career. Others who have prominent roles are Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger, Lewis Stone, Nigel Bruce and Charles “Chic” Sale. SUNDAY “Sailor be Good,” featuring Jack Oakie, will be screened Sunday night. Proceeds in aid of the Mayor s Unemployment Fund. MONDAY AND TUESDAY Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, Roscoe Karns, Grace Bradley, Monte Blue, Fuzzy Knight and Toby Wing compose the leading players in “Come On Marines!” a fast-moving love story of marines who are sour on bandits but sweet on blondes. It comes on Monday and Tuesday to the Opera House together with “The Crime Doctor.” “Come On Marines!” is a highspirited comedy of the adventures of marines with South American bandits and members of the fair sex. Richard Arlen as Lucky Davis, sergeant of the marines, loses his ranK as the result of a w,ild party, and is sent to the tropics with a detachment of fighting men into the jungle to rescue a group of shipwrecked girls from desperate bandits. Between the bandits and blondes, the marines find themselves in the tightest spot in the corps’ history. REGENT THEATRE DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAMME. Commencing at the Regent Theatre to-day is) a double feature programme which should have universal appeal. The story of “Romance in Manhattan” deals with the exciting experience of an immigrant youth who jumps overboard from a ship aaa enters the country illegally. His fight for existence, his sunny optimism, and his idealistic courage in the face ot terrific odds, furnish a highly emotional background for the fast-moving plot, with romance highlights provided by Miss Rogers as a sympathetic chorus-girl. The film is said to reach a startling dramatic pitch when the youth is threatened with deportation but is saved through a series of unexpected developments. The producer-director combination of Jesse L. Lasky and James Cruze, has been re-united for the production of another spectacular film. LasKy chose Cruze to direct “Helldorado , film saga of a modern band of travellers marooned in an abandoned Californian ghost-town, which is the other feature. It is said to be one , of the most ambitious undertakings of the pioneer producer, who has made more than 1000 pictures. In the feminine lead, in “Helldorado” opposite Richard Arlen, is Madge Ey a »s, anti in the supporting cast are Ralph Bellamy, James Gleason, Heniy I • Walthall, Helen Jerome Eddy, Gertrude Short, Patricia Farr, Stepin Fetchit. Lucky Hurlic, Stanley Fields and Berton Churchill.

SCHAEF’S HALL, TO-NIGHT. Schaef’s Saturday old-time dances are more popular than ever. An orchestra of seven instruments, an excellent floor and proper management combine to give a great evening s enjoyment. Prizes for Lucky Spot waltzes. Come along and bring your friends. Dancing commences at b.lb sharp. AERO BALL. The Greymouth Aero Club’s second annual ball is to be held next Tuesday All remember the outstanding success this ball was last year, and the committee are sparing no efforts to eclipse that event. Supper will be held in Harker’s Tea Rooms, while the supper room in the htrtl will be converted into a cosy lounge. Considering that the funds from the ball go towards the cost of replacing the illfated aeroplane which crashed at Waiho, and that everyone is assured of a good night’s entertainment, Schaef’s Hall will be the Mecca of all next Tuesday evening. The Kit Kat Orchestra will dispense the music, whilst, paper hats, balloons, squeakers etc. will add to the gaiety. RAILWAY CARNIVAL BALL. Arrangements are rapidly nearing completion for the annual Railway Carnival Ball, to be held in Schaef’s Hal on Tuesday, July 30. Taking a line through the inquiries made, this event will eclipse an y of the kind yet held on the Coast. The engagement of two orchestras, the Kit Kat and the Gaiety, will be the first time these fine bands have been brought together. The many dangers who attend will be kept busy with the continuous music. The decorations, novelties and a De Luxe supper at Harker’s Tea Rooms will all co-operate to make this big night the .ball of 1935. HOKITIKA RECITAL. The third recital given by the Hokitika Musical Society was held in All Saints’ Hall, last evening, when there was a large attendance. The artists were the Misses Mary and Dele Bucklin (violin and ’cello respectively) and Mr F. Page, Mus. Bac. (piano). The Misses Bucklin are daughters of the U.S. Trade Commissioner for New Zealand. The programme consisted of trios and piano, ’cello, and violin solos. The artists were afterwards entertained at supper. They are the guests of Mr and Mrs H. 1,. Michel.