AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 16 August 1937, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House “THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.” Lord Tennyson’s epic poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” became the inspiration for and the climax of Warner Brothers’ production of the same name which is now at the Opera House. The picture is made on a scale of grandeur worthy of the name it bears and it takes its place among the mightest pictures ever produced “WITHOUT ORDERS” Heretofore most flying films have depended for thrills on the splintering wreck of planes. This has in curred the wrath of established air lines, which point out that crashes seldom occur on scheduled flying routes to-day, and that the emphasis on accidents discourages air travel. In RKO Radio’s new picture of commercial aviation, “Without Orders”, which comes to the Opera House Tuesday and Wednesday', the tense emotional moments have been obtained without recourse to crashes. Instead, the drama is derived from the conflicts between two rival pilots and. the difficulties of flying treacherous air routes, climaxing in a breathless struggle aboard a big air liner lost in a storm. Robert Armstrong and Sally Eilers have the romantic leads with Vinton Haworth as Armstrong’s professional rival. With many of its scenes taken aboard a big transport plant and over the cloud-covered Sierra Madres, the film is said to be one of the most exciting aviation pictures ever yet made Charles Grapewin .and Frances Sage have important roles, with the sunports including Arthur Loft, F. M. Thomas, Ward Bond and Walter Miller. The Cliff Reid production was directed by Lew Landers. J. Robert. Bren and Edmund L. Hartmann wrote the screen play from the story by Peter B. Kyne. The heriosim of a stewardess and the cowardice of an irresponsible stunt flyer give rise to the final gripping climax of RKO Radio s Without Orders,” which takes place aboard a big transport plane lost in a storm. Robert Armstrong and Sally Eilers are featured.

Regent Theatre DOUBLE FEATURE NOW SHOWING. “Trail Dust” and “Along Came Love,” two excellent features, will be finally screened at to-day’s matinee and this evening at the Regent Theatre. “LOVE FROM A STRANGER.” A romance as interesting as that portrayed on the screen lies beneath the writing of “Love From A Stranger.” Made into -a play by Frank Vosper, it had a long and successful West End run, Vosper achieving a Dig personal triumph in the lead. Trafalgar Films, secured the film rights and engaged Frances Marion to undertake the screen adaptation, casting Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone for the leading roles. Now the film comes to the Regent Theatre and will he screened on Tuesday. Ann Harding has a powerful role as the typist swept off her feet by a fascinating strangerTo discover- that her husband is a cold-blooded fiend. . Basil Rathbone •is the husband, while Binnie Hale, Bruce Seton, Jean Cadell and Donald Calthrop form the nucleus of an excellent supporting cast. “CLARENCE.” Roscoe Karns is a coleopterist in Paramount’s “Clarence,” movie adaptation of Booth Tarkington’s famous comedy, which opens Thursday at the Regent. A coleopterist is nothing more than a gentleman with an interest in coleoptera, which are nothing more than beetles. Karns merely rates as a beetle expert. “EDUCATING ’FATHER.”

“Educating Father,” featuring the Jones Family, comes on Thursday t<i Iho Regent Theatre with Jed Prouty. Shirley Deane, Dixie Dunbar, Spring Byington, Kenneth Howell, June

Carlson, George Ernest, Florence Roberts and William Mahan in the featured roles. “HIDEAWAY GIRL.” A jewel robbery, an excellent mystery story and gay music, are contained in Paramount’s “Hideaway Girl,” which begins on Saturday at the Regent Theatre. Others in the cast are Shirley Ross, Robert Cummings, Monroe Owsley and Louis Da Pron. “HER HUSBAND’S SECRETARY.” Warren Hull, Warner Bros.’ player, rides a steel girder ten stories above the ground in “Her Husband’s Secretary,” coming on Saturday to the Regent Theatre. He took lessons from a real structural steel worker and learned how to balance himself properly.