AMUSEMENTS.

Grey River Argus, 14 December 1928, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

opera house—tonight double STAR. “FIGURES DON’T LIE” AND “RASH PRIVATES.” Birthday or wedding anniversary. f n r which is the present to the wife? Many a man has been tripped up over that delicate question, and not every one has a beautiful private secretary like Esther Ralston to get him out o’ difficulties, as she rescues Ford Sterling in the Paramount picture, “Figures Don’t Lie.” which will be at the Opera House to-night (Friday). While trying to keep her absent-minded em ployer straight on his private and business affairs, Miss Ralston incurs the enmity of his jealous wife. Blanche I. ay son. .She also succeeds in making her sweetheart. Richard Arlem extremely jealous. It is a hilarious story of everyday life. All the comic in cidents that can centre around a dis tractingly beautiful girl, a harmless but susceptibc middle-aged man, .:

high-tempered and jealous wife, an I an equally jealous lover. ar e crowded into the picture in laugh provoking sequence. “RASH PRIVATES.'The joys and sorrows or a care-free private in the American Army of Occupation in Germany after the Armistice are admirably disclosed in the Universapi Jewel Production “Rash Privates” which will be shown at the Opera Houae tonight. Lya de Putti, the famous continental screyn star, >s featured in this attraction, while the role of the prominent doughboy is played by the popular star, Malcolm McGregor who shows a penchant for comedy roles never before revealed. MONDAY AND TUESDAY. The last of literature hi “great loves” has been ‘ used up” by the screen. No mere classical love affairs remain in the bright lexicon of screendom, for King Vidor, director took the last one when he made “La Boheme” Lillian Gish's new MetroGold wyn-Mayer production, which comes to the Opera House on Monday and Tuesday. The famous romance was given a rcmarkat-f-' production at the Metro-Gob.wyn-Mayer studios, with Lillian Gish as “Mimi,” and John Gilbert p’.ay'jig “Rodolphs,” her poet lover. Reproducti- 113 of the quaint old streets if the Latin Quarter were constructed with absolute fidelity for the picture, and a particularly strung cart was assembled.