ENTERTAINMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 May 1939, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE.

“THE DIVORCE OF LADY X.” What happens when a beautiful girl walks into a strange man’s hotel suite, steals his bed, his pyjamas, his book, his breakfast and, incidentally his heart, and vanishes without leaving her name is merrily told in “The Divorce of Lady X,” technicolour comedy, starring Merle Oberon, to be screened at the Opera House to-night, to-morrow and Thursday. The film marks a double debut for Merle. It is not only the star’s first colour film, but also marks her entrance into the comedy field. Tall, dark and handsome Laurence Olivier plays the young barrister whose suite Merle invades when a dense fog makes it impossible for her to leave a fancy dress ball she is attending at his hotel, and she finds it impossible to get accommodation. Things begin happening next day when the bewildered young man believes he is the unidentified corespondent in the divorce case he has been asked to plead by a man he assumes is Merle’s husband. Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson and Morton Selten are also prominently featured.

REGENT: FINAL SCREENING OF “DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES’’ AND “ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN.” COMMENCING TOMORROW, “PRISON BREAK” AND “ONE WILD NIGHT.”

Barton Mac Lane and Glenda Farrell turn their talents to stark and thrilling drama in “Prison Break.” MacLane and Miss Farrell, who have been starring in the “Torchy Blane” series of laughmakers, are cast as the central characters in a- moving story of the evils of the present prison parole system. Mac Lane will be seen as a tuna-fisherman who assumes the burden of another’s crime and is sentenced to a term in San Quentin. For his heroic share in the suppression of a murderous prison riot and wholesale gaol-break, he is paroled. But he finds himself unable to secure honest employment, breaks his parole and considers a life of crime. Miss Farrell is cast as his sweetheart, who ultimately convinces him that his best course is to return to prison. The supporting roles will be played by a hand-picked cast which includes Paul Hurst as a prison stool-pigeon; Constance Moore as Mac Lane’s sister; Ward Bond as a prison bully and ringleader; Edward Pawley as a fisherman-rival of MacLane’s; Edmund MacDonald as MacLane’s first mate; John Russell, capable child player, as Miss Farrell’s son; Frank Darian as a philosophic “lifer,” and Victor Killian as Glenda’s stern father.

THE ASSOCIATE FEATURE The hilarious aspect of a whole bankful of extortion money, with half the town’s leading citizens held as suspects in a weird series of clueless crimes makes “One Wild Night” everything that the title implies. You will be kept in a constant state of excitement as this novel mystery comedy unfolds before you. Plans are now open and reservations are advised. YOUNG AUSTRALIANS Sparkling rapid-fire comedy and brilliant instrumental items by the Young Australian Eoys’ Band and Revue Party, will provide an entertainment of outstanding merit at the Town Hall, Greymouth, commencing Monday, May 22, for a season of three nights, Mon-

day, Tuesday, and Thursday. The boys have travelled more than 30,000 miles on tours of South Africa and the overseas countries, and have won wellearned praise from critics at home and abroad. They performed before more than 500,OOt) people in Rhodesia, and South Africa, and played 78 consecutive performances in Johannesburg. The Young Australians played a record season in Auckland recently, when huge audiences acclaimed their performance as one of the most brilliant ever heard there. Colin Croft is an outstanding figure as a female impersonator, while George Nichols is an adaptable mimic with his life-long studies of well known screen stars. Six feet five inches in height, Ron Morris is the tallest of the party, and a comedian of ability. Other outstanding lads are Charles Stanton, 14-year-old drum major, conductor, and tap dancer; Fen Robertson, xylophonist; Neil Webb, champion cornet player of Victoria; Les Waterhouse, piano-accord-ionist; George Schilling, pianist; Keith Withers, violinist. A feature of the programme is the piano-accordion band, which includes three of these instruments. Versatility is shown in the combination of instruments, tap dancing, and comedy sketches to form a harmonious sequence. Seats may bo reserved at Kilgour’s.

COBDEN EUCHRE AND DANCE

The Cobden. School Committee, commence' the first of a series of fortnightly euchres and 1 dances on Thursday. Marley’s Orchestra will supply the music, and a good supper is provided. Altogether these functions promise to be popular with anyone.