Opera House

Grey River Argus, 19 May 1938, Page 12

Opera House

“THE GOOD EARTH.” RETURN SCREENING. Romance of a woman’s sacrifice for a man. Drama in a man’s love for “The Good Earth.” A spectacle that is dwarfing all that has gone before, Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s motion picture achievement, “The Good Earth,’’ starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, will be finally screened to-day and tonight at the Opera House Theatre. See the famine in the North, the Revolution in the South; embattled farmers rout locusts whose legions hide out the sun. Enchanted Chinese gardens -of marble pools and lily ponds whose nightingales sing. Men run a gauntlet of death to avoid conscription tn the armies of war lords. The looting of the Great House of Loo. Fire dragons of the Chinese' Now Year celebrations. AH the thrills, j warmth, colour and romance that/ made the book the world’s greatest seller. Others prominent in cast are Waller Connolly, Tilly Tosch, Jessie Ralph and Charles Grapewin. “WAY OUT WEST.” Here they are, folks . . . the newest desperadoes of the Gay 90’s . . . Laurel and Hardy . . . they’ve come “Way Out West” hitch-hiking on a stage coach! Laurel and Hardy as a pair of gold prospectors and the prospects for laughs are great! “Way Out West” is their newest featurelength laugh hit . . . their newest and their funniest! which will be screened at the Opera House Theatre to-morrow and Saturday. Can you picture what happens when Stan and Ollie find themselves in the midst of the hard-boiled honky-tonks of the gold-dust days? No, you can’t. You’d have to see it to believe it and even then you won’t believe it. “Way Out West’’ is full of chuckles and guffaws from its opening reel to the final fadeout. You’ll roar when Stan and Ollie start a flirtation with a fellow passenger on the stage coach only to discover that she is the wife of the •sheriff! You’ll fall out of your seats when you see them do their own version of the modern swing dance! You’ll split your sides when you watch the antics of the burro with, whom they start out on their trek “Way Out West” Half the time they’re riding the burro and the other half of the time the burro is riding them! Charles Rogers, Felix Adler and James Parrott wrote the screen play of “Way Out West” and James Horne directed. If you thought “The Bohemian Girl” was a laugh . .

if you thought “Our Relations” was a howl . . . wait until you see “Way Out. West.’’ It’s the laugh panic ->f the year! “JUNGLE JIM.” Universal’s new serial, “Jungle Jim," will commence its first of 12 instalments at the Opera House Theatre matinee Saturday, Chapter 1; being “In the Lion’s Den!” All of the mystery, intrigue and adventure for which Africa is famous has been embodied in this screen version of Alex Raymond’s widely-read newspaper feature strip. It is Raymond’s best strip. Millions follow the adven-. tures of “Jungle Jim” in the newspapers and on the radio. The picture shows a man. armed with only a knife, in close combat with a lion. It shows elephants in stampede, before whom both man and wild animals flee in terror. It gives an authentic view of the natives of Africa—how they live and, when aroused, how they go into battle. Through the story runs an absorbing plot centering about a white girl, who, raised in the jungle, is worshipped by the natives as a goddess because of her extraordinary power to rule lions. The title role of “Jungle Jim,” >s played by the star. Grant Withers. Opposite him is charming Billy Jane Rhodes. Other feature? roles are played by such top performers as Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Brent and Brvant Washburn.