AMUSEMENTS.

Grey River Argus, 17 December 1928, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT. FILM VERSION OF “LA BOHEME.” Sometimes a filmed version of a famous classic is a failure; sometimes a revelation. The latter term is the one to describe “La Boheme,” Lillian Gish’s newest vehicle to be shown at the Opera House to-night and agam to-morrow night. As ‘‘Mimi, ’’ the heroine of the Latin Quarter, Miss Gish shows the world a new Lillian Gish. The world is fond of “La Boheme” as told in the opera; of its tender love story and its plaintive charm; but the tremendous drama of it never showed even in the significant Puccini music. “La Boheme’ ; in its film version is a poignant drama of human souls; it is a story of love and jealousy, of faith and hope, of woe Lillian Gish as “Mimi” caps the climax of her career. John Gilbert, as