Opera House

Grey River Argus, 11 August 1937, Page 6

Opera House

“KEEP YOUR SEATS, PLEASE.” George Formby, lilmdom’s new laughter leader who scored an outstanding hit in his first starring film, “No Limit,” is co-starred with Florence Desmond in “Keep Your Seats, Please,” which is now at the Opera House. “Keep Your Seats, Please” is the funniest treasure hunt ever filmed —a veritable feast of fun. The story tells of a Lancashire lad who is left‘a fortune by an eccentric aunt but has to find it in a set of seven chairs, which have been sold separately to as many buyers. The picture is cram-full of hilarious episodes with doctors? prima donnas, tram conductors and goats, all doing their bit to provide a thousand laughs for the whole family. Florence Desmond, playing the role of Flo, George’s friend in troubles, proves that such team work as seen in “No Limit” can again be repeated, and her delicious fun-making during her efforts to help George find his fortune, is 1 ? perhaps her best work to date. The funniest picture of this or any year—you’ll hardly keep on your seat for laughing at “Keen Your Seats, Please.” t

“THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.” The thundering hoofs that, dashed' across the pages of history to be immortalised by the unforgettable poem of Alfred Lord Tennyson—sound again through Warner Bros.’ stupendous screen version of “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” which comes to the Opera House on Friday, with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in the featured roles. Tennyson's verse deals only with the famous charge of the Light Brigade against the Russian artillery on the heights of Balaclava during the Crimean war —an action which forms only the terrific climax of the film story that is replete with thrills from start to finish, and presents a glamorous romance in which two brothers are rivals for the love of a beautiful girl. The picture, heralded as one of the biggest productions ever filmed by Warner Bros., has an all-star cast of 20 noted actors in the important roles, and over fifteen thousand extra people. Scenes are said to be spectacular in the extreme, with border skirmishes, hand-to-hand fighting, and the soul-stirring charge of the Light Brigade.