ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 August 1936, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE

“The Old Curiosity Shop,” the most popular and widely read of all Charles Dickens’ classics, has been brought to the screen to charm anew the hearts of mankind. “The Old Curiosity Shop,” comes to the Opera House to-night. All that this immortal masterpiece ever conjured up in our imagination, we now see and hear as if in real life, before our enraptured gaze. Its beauty, simplicity, humour and endearing characters are all gloriously enhanced in a masterpiece that will remain a treasured memory.

“WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD” With the coming of every Buchanan picture the public are on tip-toe for some new, real song hits, and they will not be disappointed in Jack’s latest success “When Knights Were Bold” which will be presented at the Opera House on Saturday. Two of the numbers “I’m Still Dreaming” and “Let’s Put Some People to Work,” sung in Jack’s own inimitable breezy style, are destined to be instant favourites. The story for this production gives an intimate glimpse of Buchanan’s favourite style of acting, ■as the producers gave him free rein in selectourites. “When Knights Were Bold*’ he has indeed chosen a mirthful mix-up, brimful of laughs, funny situations, spicy interludes, and catchy songs, that spells popular ente. I moment with a capital “E.” REGENT THEATRE. Victor Mc.Lagleu and Edmund Lowe will make their final appearance tonight: in “The Great Hotel Murder,” one of the best features these clever stars have made. Plenty of thrills and comedy make this picture a real murder thriller.

SATURDAY. The Popeye Club at the Regent Theatre will hold another matinee on Saturday morning at 10. This hour will allow country children to catch the 12 o’clock buses away to the conn try. “Popeye” will this week preset), each child with a photo of himself. “13 HOURS BY AIR.”

The Story of “Thirteen Hours By Air” opens at the New York terminus of the route, where Mac Murray, senior pilot of the air line, has just arrived to begin a vacation. When one of the other pilots is taken ill, he is ordered to take his place. He is on the point Qf refusing when he spies the lovely Miss Bennett, who is to be a passenger, and changes his mind. Also aboard are the nine-year-old heir to a fortune ot millions, and three suspici-ous-looking male passengers. MacMurray begins to suspect Miss Bennett is the girl involved in a big jewel theft, for she answers the description. But when one of the male passengers offers him a bribe to set the plane down in an isolated spot in the mountains, he turns his suspicions elsewhere. As he probes into the plot, trouble begins developing rapidlv. There is gun play, fist fighting and an attempt to crash the plane. How the tangled threads are unmeshed brings a thrilling climax.

GLADSTONE HALL. The usual dance will be held in the Gladstone Hall to-morrow (Saturday) night which will be the sixth night of the Monte Carlo aggregate. The Mayfair Orchestra will supply the music, and supper will be served at 11.30. 1

KIWI RUGBY BALL.

The Fox-trot championship will take place in the Soldiers’ Hall, Hokitika, on Wednesday night, when the Kiwi Rugby Club’s annual ball will take place. A special train leaves Greymouth at 7.45, returning at 2.15. A special lot of novelties will be presented.

COBDEN BAZAAR. The Cobden Home and School Association are holding a monster bazaar and sale of work, which will be opened this evening at 7.30 by the Deputy-Mayor (Mr A. H. McKane) and will continue to-morrow afternoon and evening, in the Cobden Gymnasium. The committee has been working hard for the past months organising the carnival, and nothing of its kind has been held in Cobden before. All sections are catered for. There will be a large jumble stall, a produce stall, cake stall, and an excellent display of woodwork, which alone is worth a visit. The entertainment side has not been overlooked, and people will be able to try their prowess at side-shows. Children have teen well catered for in bran tubs, lucky dips, etc., and an excellent sweets and soft drinks stall. Afternoon tea and supper will be daintily served by the ladies, and a frequent ’bus service from town has been arranged. There is no need to mention the good work this association is doing, so it behoves the public to give their support.