AMUSEMENTS.

Grey River Argus, 18 April 1929, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE—TONIGHT. RONALD COLEMAN AND VILMA BANKY IN “THE MAGIC FLAME” The s'ory of “Tho Magic Flame”, feature film at the Opera House tonight op has iii a tiny one-ring Italian circus playing the towns along the Mediterranean whero Bianca (Vilma Banky), the tight ropo walker and parachute artist, is in love with Tito, the clown (Ronald Colman). Prince Vittoria, of Illyria travelling incognito, meets Bianca as she lands from a parachute jump and immediately falls in lovj* with her. Ho haunts the circus and incites the anagonism of Tito. When Bianca refuses to succumb to the charms of the Prince, h.' entices her by a forged note to come to his room at the hotel. Besising his advances, she escapes by making an acrobatic leap from tit* window to the limp of » tree.

Not knowing that the g^ r l has escaped, Tito goes to her rescue. In the fight that ensues th* Piinee. in leaping at Tito, plunges through the window and over the cliffs into the sea below. Tito, panic-stricken, capes from the hotel by making use of his remarkable resemblance to the Prince and donning his uni torn. MAORI FESTIVAL AND ENTERTAINMENT. A feast of Maori music. games, poi dances, and weird waiatas will form, the programme Jsubmjitted at Greymouth Town Hall on Thursday and at Runanga Miners’ Hall on Friday evening a 8 p.m. by tho Maori Mission Party under the direction of the Rev A. J. Seamer, General Superintondent of Methodist Home Missions. The programme has been re ceived in many places by crowded and enthusiastic audiences. On Monday at Westport and Tue° J .ay at Reofton, the halls were packed with a delighted public. The programme has been described as unique and fascinating and includes i ems seldom heard by Europeans. The coming of tho Party celebrates the. 107th Anniversary of the Historic Methodist Maori Missions.