ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 June 1937, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE. The three Marx Brothers are costarred in “A Night at the Opera,” now at the Opera House. The. picture has for its theme the efforts of the Marx Brothers to further the career of a young opera singer, played by Allan Jones. How they go about it, and also their efforts in staging a grand opera provide two hours of the funniest entrtainment seen in Greymouth. “PUBLIC ENEMY’S WIFE.” “Public Enemy’s Wife,” a new and unique thriller, comes to the Opera House to-morrow. The story has some of the biggest punches ever shown in this type of picture. A romance between an ace G-Man and the public enemy’s wife forms a very! strong part of the plot. The picture i is enacteil by an exceptionally brilliant cast which includes Pat O’Brien I and Margaret Lindsay as lovers, i O’Brien is the ace G-Man and Miss' Lindsay is in the title role; Robert Armstrong, anothei - G-Man; Cesar Romero, the arch-villain and murderous head of a band of desperate crooks; Dick Foran, rich play-boy; Joseph King, Richard Purcell, Addison Richards, and others. Miss Lindsay is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, having married a handsome crook without knowing his background. The husband, Cesar Romero, has let her take the “rap” with him for the crime because he is afraid' she will divorce him and marry again. When she leaves prison before he does, he threatens to kill any man who comes between them. He t escapes from prison and heads for the wedding ceremony when he learns of ( it, intending to carry out his threat, i But ace G-Man O’Brien is on the i watch. A rich play-boy, whom the 1 girl is to marry, proves yellow, j O'Brien goes through with the cere- y mony, hoping to trap the killer. Then f he begins to fall in love with the girl, i And it is then the picture enters a series of smashing episodes, winding ? up in an unusual climax. |n

REGENT THEATRE. A delightful and hilarious comedy of married life, “Wives Never Know,” at the Regent Theatre to-night, brings to the screen that inimitable screen husband and wile, Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland. It is a story of a happily wedded pair who take the advice of suave Adolphe Menjou, cast as a novelist who believes himself too wise to get married but urges the husband' to make his wife jealous so he may know the joy which comes with forgiveness. Ruggles takes the advice, getting himself into a series of complications that work into a sidesplitting climax with the wise one finding himself tricked into matrimony. Ruggles and Miss Boland carry the lead in the manner which has endeared them to millions. The cast includes brunette Vivienne Osborne as the “other girl."

“O’RILEY'S LUCK.'’

An entirely and pleasingly different typo of football picture is to arrive at the Regent Theatre to-night in “O’Riley’s Luck,” featuring William Frawley, Eleanore Whitney, Tom Brown. Larry Crabbe, Benny Baker, Terry Ray, and Priscilla Lawson. There isn't, a chorus girl in it. there’s no college dance or extravaganza, and nobody gets kicked off the team for being a playboy. It is a charming story of young love packed with all the action and thrills of big-time collegiate football.

‘THE ROAD TO GLORY.” Because of the elaborate make-ups employed, the members of the cast of “The Road to Glory,” opening at the Regent Theatre on Thursday, were required to report at the studio at 7 every morning during the filming of the picture. “GO WEST YOUNG MAN.” “Go West Young Man,” Mae West’s latest starring vehicle, which comes to the Regent Theatre on Saturday, is the first outdoor film in which the star appears. “LARRY O’MORE AT KUMARA. Residents of the Kumara district are in for a. grand entertainment to-night, when the “Larry O’More” Revue Company will stage their j admirable programme in the I Memorial Hall. Packed houses at 'Greymouth and elsewhere, have testiIfied to great appreciation of the com'pany’s talented and spectacular ballets, choruses, dancing, songs and dramatic excellence. The “Two Tuis,” Doreen DonovSn, Billy Stolz (and his piano-accordeon), Pat Coll, and Miriam Trot and her ballet will be features. A dance will be held after the show.