AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22851, 22 January 1949, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

Majestic. —Another film that the whole family will love is “Swiss Family Robinson,” starring Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew, Tim Holt and Terry Kilburn. Spectacle, drama, shipwreck, hurricanes and wild animals are blended in the adventures of the Robinson family shipwrecked on a desert island. The featurettes include two newsreels and a two-reel comedy. King’s—Johnny Weismuller’s "Tarzan" series has been extended to include "Tarzan and the Mermaids.” to be shown for the first and the Mermaids,” which is now Rhowing. TarShe is Mara, who has escaped from a pearlfishing village to avoid marriage to n villian who poses as the god Balu. Mara is captured by Balu's emissaries, who deliver her to Balu, but Tarzan pursues the party and succeeds in releasing the girl and exposing Balu as a fraud. Weispniller is supported by Brenda Joyce, Linda Christian, John Laurenz, and Fernando Wagner.

Regent.—“ Song of My Heart” Is rich in the immortal music of Peter Tchaikovsky, upon whose life the film js based. The score for this film, which introduces the Swedish star Frank Sundstrom, includes excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Symphonies; Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor; the Swan Lake and Nutcracker ballets; Capriccio Italien; Overture 1812; Marche Slav; Romeo and Juliet Fantasy; Andante Cqntabile and the barcarolle, June. Featurettes include “Climbing the Matterhorn” in

SOLE BROS.’ CIRCUS TO VISIT GISBORNE

Concerning Sole Bros.’ circus which is to open in Gisborne on Monday, January 31 for a season of six nights, an Australian paper states: “All the spectacle and glamour of the traditional circus and many new acts besides delighted a large crowd when Sole Brothers’ Circus opened a nix-night season. Acrobats, tightrope walking, trained animals, tumblers, trapeze work, whip cracking and a host of other clever performances were packed into a non-stop two and a half hour programme, comic relief being afforded by a troup of comediau-cum-acrobnts. Andrew Sole, as ringmaster, presented a score of his sagacious ponies which revealed almost human understanding of his commands. Feats of balancing by the Three Ridgways were among the most popular acts on _ the programme, while daring work on the tight wire, including backward somersaults and cycling on the wire brought gasps of appreciation from the crowd. A popular Australian yodeller on the radio, Shirley Thoms, sang several cowboy songs which were warmly applauded.”