AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 6 February 1931, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT. SATURDAY’S MATINEE AND EVENING. ‘‘TI I E COH EN S AN I) K ELL YS 1 X SCOTLAND.” ‘‘The Cohens and Kellys .in Scotland.’’ starring those funny comedians C arle,s Murray and George Sidnev, is the fare for to-night at the Opera House, and patrons are assured oi h splendid night’s entertainment. The story tells of an Irishman, a Jew and a Hock of Scotchmen. The best anti blue mixture ever made. Splendiu short talkies w ’’ also be screened. TOWN HALL —TO-NIGHT AND SATURDAY. COLLEEN MOORE IN “FOOTLIGHTS AND FOOLS.” That talkies increase the entertainment values of the screen is pointed out by John McCormick, who produced for First National, Colleen Moo c’s ‘newest dialogue film. “Footlights and Fools,’’ to be 'creened at the Town Hall to-night and Saturday.' McCormick, Miss Moore’s husband, declares talking pictures brought about ,a survival of the fittest, p'ayers of both stage and screen. “Much moie is required pf the talking ••icture player than "as demanded by either the stage ior the screen before,” said McCorI niick. For example, in Miss Moore’s | latest film. “Footlights and Fools,” ! the stage ?ffd the screen both contributed the finest talent. Miss Moore > ! posjtio'n at the fop of her profession lin pictures has been strengthened by ' the fact that she possesses a pleasing, natural voice for both speaking and singing. Raymond Hackett and Frederic March, leading stage men, were successful in talking pictures because they could adapt themselves to the requirements of the audible screen, and their work is convincing evidence that their stage experience is of real va'ue. Virginia Lee Corbin and Mickey Bennett have been in pictures tdnee ch.ldhood, have triumphantly survived the transition to talkies, aid each ‘gives a splendid portrayal of the cast. Several of the cast have had stage j and screen experience, upon which 1 'ey capitalised for talking pictures. Edward Marthidel, Adrienne J’Ambricourt. Frederic Howard and Nellie ’Bly Baker are among their number.

CABARET DANCE. I At Herb Moore’s to-morrow night, the Mawhcras arc having another of their Carnival Daenes. Special prizes .are to he given to the holy and gentle iman winning the Lucky Spot Dance. :Ste<d’s Full Orchestra will play. I HUMPHREY BISHOP MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY. i i This popular Metropolitan Company I will appear on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Town Hall after an absence of nearly four years. ’Phu only company on the road which has travelled the ■ world without a break for more than ten years they have recently returned from an extended tom- of nine months through New Zealand, and come to |you direct from a record-breaking season at the New Cairo Theatre, Melbourne. This Company has played through all the principal metropolitan • theatres in Australia, and it is Mr (Bishop’s proud boast that he is the •only en.terpreneur i'll Australia who ‘travels with his full metropolitan company through the country towns and presents his entertainment, as far a* * circumstances permit, in exactly the ■same manner and with the same clab- ' orate settings and dainty rockAigs as [he employs in the cities. f The comedy will be mainly i:i the hands of Maurice Barling. Arthur I Homsley (a new' favourite from Lancashire), and Syd Montyne (well known Ito Australian audiences), while the more serious side will bp supported by [Walter Kingsley, the eminent London I baritone; Thelma. Trott, the Queensland ’soprano; and Fred Webber, the English tenor. Every artist is a star in his or her particular line' of entertainment. I Ensembles., gems from the operas, comedy sketches, and vocalists follow one another in such rapid succession that theatre goers can look forward to an entertainment that will leave them without a dull moment. The box plan is at the Bristol, and is receiving marked attention.