AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 5 March 1937, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House “SUICIDE CLUB.’’ Based on stories about “The Suicide Club’’ by Robert Louis Stevenson, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s film version starring Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell is thrilling as any entertainment this season. “The Suicide Club” opens to-day at the Opera House. The story is laid in the 1880’s, and there is a light-hearted charm which comes only with fantastic tales about the princes and princesses of mythical kingdoms travelling incognito. Montgomery is a Crown Prince and Miss Russell, whose meteoric ascent to stardom has amazed the screen world, i's a Princess. Frank Morgan’s delicious comedy sparkles throughout the piece; Reginald Owen, the wierdest make-ups; Robert Greig. F,. E. Clive, and others. The thrilling climax is a furious rapier duel between Montgomery and Owen, and the mystery with which Miss Russell invests her part is pricelessly amusing Montgomery is one of the most con " sistently popular screen stars to-day. Rosalind Russell easily advances her popularity in “The Suicide Club.’’ As usual with every Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer programme, there is an excellent array of featurettes, whicli include a Metro News., Cinesound Review, a coloured musical revue, and a M.G.M. miniature. OUR GANG. Another of the Our Gang matinees will be held on iSlaturday, at the Opera House. The programme is Buck Jones, in “Border Law,” Our Gang, in “Teacher’s Beau”, a Cartoon, Coloured Revue and the next chapter of the Serial. “SHOW BOAT.” “Show ( Boat,” Universal’s picturiza. tion of Edna Ferber’s novel of the same name, is to have a return screening at the Opera House on Monday only. The production is a musical romantic dTama t , centering on the love story of Magnolia and Ravenal, dashing river gambler and heart breaker. Most <of the action takes place aboard Captain Andy Hawks’ Mississippi show boat, with some se. quenees in New York, Chicago and in France. The cast cointains eight principals in roles they played' in the stage production. Ire’ne Dunne portrayed Magnolia in the first road com. pany. Allan Jones, featured opposite her as Ravenal, first interpreted the character in a St. Lou'is stock com. pany. Those wh 0 appeared in the original New York company include Charles Winninger as Captain Andy, Helen Morgan as Julie, Francis X Mahoney as Rubberface and Sammy Whiite as Schultz. Paul Robeson, singer of “Old Man River,” played: Joe in the first London offering. There is a singing chorus of 200 voices and a cast of 3,500. Jerome Keru composed the inuiic, Oscar Kammerstein 11, who wrote the lyrics, is also the author of the stage play and the screen version. James Whale directed.

Regent Theatre

“THE GAY DESPERADO.’’ “The Gay Desperado,’’ brimful of pep and action, will be finally screened to-day and to-night. “CHAMPAGNE WALTZ.’’ In sixteen Australian and four New Zealand theatres, this picture made its debut as well as in other world centres. It is a musical masterpiece. It will bo screened at the Regent tomorrow. It brings together for the first time Gladys Swarthout, gloriousvoiced star, and Fred Mac Murray, one of the most popular stars, of to-day. In thft cast are .Tack Oakie, Veloz and Yolanda, a new dance team, and Herman Bing. The whole production has been directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Musical direction by Boris Mor-

ros, and soon, literally, the whole country will be humming the gjiy, lilting melodies of ‘ 1 When Is a Kiss Not a Kiss,” “Paradise in Waltz Time, ” “Mei'iry-Go-Rouiid.” and “Could I Be in Love?” “TWO IN REVOLT”. In this picture, to be screened on Saturday at the Regent, Lightning, a biff police dog, and Warrior, a thoroughbred stallion, have featured animal roles, in “Two in Revolt,” in which John Arledge, Louise Latimei, and Mironi Olsen have the leading roles. The picture is an absorbing story of a comradeship between a puppy and a colt born on, a Montana ranch. The colt develops into a racehorse; the puppy, sired by a wolf, is driven from his home to become the leader ofl a wolf pack in the Rockies. The dog redeems himself when he assists in retrieving the horse from unscrupulous track gamblers who have kidnapped him. The two animals are reunited through an amazing series of adventures which match the hectic affairs of the human leads—a debutante, a young trainer, and her hide-bound father. Glen Tryon directed “Two in Revolt,” for RKO-Radio, with John Arledge, Louise Latimer, and Moroni Olsen in the leading roles.