AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 6 December 1932, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

OPERA HOUSE—TO NIGHT. ‘■The Woman from Monte Carlo' will be finally Screened to night. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WITH MARILYN MILLER. Mai i l\ ii M il’er i> feat tired in ‘‘Sunny’’ the I'i'rst National Vita- : hone i<> be screened at Wednesday’s, matinee evening and 'Thursday. Mi>s Miller has lifed a lite of dancing. Siie was born to the stage. Her mother and father -were in vaudeville and Marilyn was born ‘‘on the road.'’ At the age of four they sent her to her grandmother’s home in Tcnncsso. where Marilyn was taught to dance by coloured children. At the age of. live shp knew toe dancing, having picked it up by herself. Some dancing lessons followed, and the family opened in vaudeville at Columbus, Ohio, in an act known as ‘‘The Five Columbians.’’ Reformers invoked th 1 ’ ttre laws fo prevent the tiny child appearing. Child labour laws caused so much trouble that they decided to <_>et billings abroad. Marilyn was easily the hit of Hie. act. The result was that ‘‘The Five Columbians’’ travelled abroad for seven years. Marilyn was educated by private tutors. During the war Marilyn was the rage -it th<‘ Embassy Club in London and was praised by the Prince of Wales. Since then she has been one of the most brilliant figures on the American musical comedy and revue .stage. She has danced and sung her way to fame. “Sunny” is being hailed by critics as an even greater hit than “Sally.” Miss Miller is supported by Law rciice. Gray. Inez Courtney, .lop Donahue, (Judith. Vosselli, O. P. Hegffte. Clyde Cook and Barbara Bedford. Wil < liam A. Seiler directed. W ALLSEND—TO-NIGHT. “'The Dance 'Team” will be shown nt Wallsend to-night THE ANCIENT MARINER. TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY). The success that has attended the previous productions of the Greymouth Philharmonic Society has caused a great deal of interest to be taken in the forthcoming production by the Society of “The Ancient Mariner.” This popular cantata will be sung by the leading vocalists of Greymouth, including Mrs Tarrant, Mrs Hutton. Misses Palmer, Powell and Broad, and Messrs J. Hadlund, A. Aims. R. Smith, F. Smith, E. McQueen and J. Boucher, with full orchestral accompaniment. The story, briefly, is as follows: “The Ancient Mariner stoppeth one of the three gallants bidden to a wedding feast and compels him to hear the tale. The Mariner tells how the ship sailed southward on fair weather until caught in a storm blast and carried towards the South Pole. An albatross — bird of good omen— came through the fog and followed the ship as it returned north to smooth waters where it became becalmed, and the Mariner inhospitably kills the bird. The alba, tross begins to be avenged and spirits plague the ship till only the Mariner is left, the crew dying one by one. Fin-, ally the curse is expiated and the | Mariner beholds his native country. | An additional item on the programme i is a duet for cello and clarionet, by Messrs Moss. Thp box plan for the | production to-night (Tuesday) is at the Bristol, and Greymouth theatregoers should make sure of their seats early to avoid disappointment. UNEMPLOYED WORKERS’ PICNIC. The Greymouth Unemployed Workers’ Picnic on December 18th promises] to bp the biggest picnic of the .year. I Trophies to the value of £2O will be offered for the grown-ups’ events, and the kiddies will get all they require 1 and the time of their lives. All un-

employed workers’ kiddies •will receive a free ticket for the journey, and the unemployed are requested to hand in their children’s names on Wednesday night at the weekly meeting. Trophies have been received from the following friends: J. W. Gr.eenslade, A. E. Kilgour, John Burns and Co.. The New Warehouse, Keating’s, S. Burnett White, T. Bond, A. Cox, J. Hodgkiss, E. Flood, A. H. Milner, J. Rhodes, P. Beck and Co., I. Bennington, NT. McDonnell, Walter Bros., Cairney’s, J. Manera, Manson and Co., Kim Williams, J. H. Keddie, C. G. Moore, Parkinson and Co., C. Peebles. S. Stewart. Truman’s. H. Chalk, C. Parfitt and! Co.. Baillie and Neville. Griffen and' Smith, P. G. Smith, "Rallenstein Bros., Tymons Ltd., Dunean McLean Ltd.. I Inksters, Ltd.. Thorpy’s, H. Williams and Ross, Aulsebrooks. F. E. Stent, Groom Bros.. Dalziel (Runanga), F. Key (Runanga), Mrs Trott (Cobden), the Para Rubber Co., and “Anonymous,” whn donates a gold medal