AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22627, 3 May 1948, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

Regent.—“ Stallion Road” concludes today. “The Royal Wedding” film, which is also screening, will he shown finally tomorrow with a complete change of programme. Deftly blending action and romance into one of the year’s most exciting melodramas. Universal- I InternationaFe “Singapore” commences tomorrow. Co-starring Fred Mac Murray and Avn I Gardner, the lilm contains a powerful and j unusual love story impressed on intrigue and lusty action in the modern background of the j oriental metropolis from which it takes its i title. It is certain to please all moviegoers, j King’s.—Convent life in the high Himalayas ia the set scene of “Black Narcissus,” the film which re-introduces that clever actress Deborah Kerr to notice. She figures in this picture, which ia being screened at the King’s Theatre, as Sister Clodngh, a young Irish nun. who has been elevated to tho position of Mother Superior to a convent school established at the request of the ruling prince. Others in the picture include David Farrer, Sabu and Jean Simmons. The Royal Wedding (coloured) pictures also will be screened at the King’s. Majestic.—Universal-International’s “Pirates of Monterey,” co-starring Maria Montez and Rod Cameron, screens today. The story is about California of 1840—before it became a part of the United States—when Spanish royalists tried to overthrow the Mexican rule. Miss Montez portrays a Spanish girl who goes from Mexico to Monterey to meet her fiance, Philip Reed. However, Rod Cameron, as a swashbucking gringo, enters the scene and provides fuel for a healthy love triangle. The fcaturettes include a musical, a cartoon, a travel film, a monkey comedy, the Government Review, and the latest Metro News. “TONY DRAWS A HORSE” It is seldom that the dominating character of a play i 3 not seen upon tho stage in the course of the performance, but such is the case with that sparkling comedy "Tony Draws a Horse" to be presented by the Gisborne Repertory Society tonight and tomorrow night in the Opera House. To learn just how this is achieved one must see tho performance, but a most amusing set of circumstances is introduced by Leslie Storm to enable him to exploit the possibilities of such a plot. The witty dialogue and amusing situations are combined with swift movement, and tho strong cast assembled by the society is making every effort to ensure that none of the humour is lost in the local presentation.