AMUSEMENTS.

Grey River Argus, 12 January 1928, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE—TO-NIGHT. “SATIN IN SABLES.” Does friendship between man and man surpass in fineness, spirituality and permanence love between man and woman? This is one ox the questions of enduring interest to humanity that is raised in “Satin in Sables,” the Warner Bros classic of the screen, at the Opera House to-night, starring Lowell Sherman. In ancient Greece, where the intellect held sway and was greatly gloried in, philosophers looked upon love between man and woman much as we are apt to to-day—as the prime motivating force of the world. However, they considered it something purely physical, something inevitable and natural, the decree of nature and nothing particularly redounding to the credit of either person. Loves or friendships between men were many, based upon similarity of tastes, interests and intellects, and were held to be purely of the mind and spirit. Several friendships of this type which could have been called perfect love by these ancient philosophers, such as that of Damon and Pythias, have existed in history. In “Satan in Sables,” this is the kind of love that exists between the brothers, Michael, played by Sherman, and Paul, as portrayed by John Harron. Paul, the younger, is the one serious interest and love of Michael’s prodigal life, until Pauline Garon, as Colette, the gamin sunbeam of the Paris dance halls, comes into it. The theme of this Bradley King story, directed by James Flood, is the effect of these two loves in regenerating Michael’s wasted life.

FRIDAY ONLY. “ONE INCREASING PURPOSE.” “One Increasing Purpose,” one of the most talked of books of the year, f has been brought to the screen by Fox Films, and will be shown for the first time at the Opera. House on Friday night. This screen version of the book by Mr A. S. M. Hutchinson is said to exceed in dramatic values and presentation the Fox production of “If Winter Conies,” Mr Hutchinson’s other novel which proved such a sensation a few years ago.