AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 10 November 1931, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

OPERA HOUSE—TO-NIGHT. “HIGH SOCIETY BLUES.” “High Socie'y Blues.” a brilliant musical romance, featuring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, will be screened at the Opera House to-night. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. DOUBLE STAR PROGRAMME. Based on one of the most adventurous and romantic periods of American history, the open s ng of the free lands in the Dakotas to white settlers in the early ’7os and. having for its theme man’s love of the soil, “Not Exactly Gentlemen,’’ Fox Movietone production featuring Victor McLaglen and Fay Wray, one of :the pictures to be screened at Wednesday’s matinee, evening and Thursday, is certain to grip the imagination of the beholder as only truth can grip. While the main theme is the call of the land, s'ill, there is woven (through the screen story like a thread of gold sombre wool of struggle and endeavour, the life story of two young pioneers, played by Fay Wray and David Worth, l with the winsome heroine Fay Wray enlisting sympathy and interest from the first scene where she is discovered bending over her dead father, to the final fade out. striking contrast to + he youthful lovers are the three hunted men, outlaw*, and killers with a price on their respective heads played by Victor McLaglen, Lew Cody and Eddie Gribbon. One of the most thrilling scenes yet shown on the screen is the one depicting *h<* thousands of men, women and children, waiting at the starting line in the town of Custer for the cannon to boom and start the race. In addition .to those mentioned, two former successful and popular j tars of stage and screen have important character roles, namely. Rober' Warwick a nd Frankly n Earn uni.

The other production is “Too Many Crooks” with a brilliant cast of artists. MUNICIPAL BAND CONCERT. The (old proverb says “That the proof of the pudding is in the eating.” The Municipal Band will again prove to its patrons that from a musical point of view that they can still line up to the high reputation that the Band has always had. Under the able conductorship of Mr W. M. Garth, the Band has gone through a thorough preparation for this concert, and the result will be most pleasing to patrons and a credit to all. The Band’s items are choice and varied, depicting all classes of delightful music, whilst the artists assisting the Band are the best. With entertainers like Mrs Cogswell, Miss Kitchingham, Mr J. H- Keddie, Mr E. McQueen, Mr J. Watson, Mr A. Smith, Master P. Clark, patrons can rest assured that with the Band’s mu 3? ic and such choice soloists, a splendid eveuing’s entertainment will be provided for aIL »