AMUSEMENTS

Grey River Argus, 7 September 1939, Page 12

AMUSEMENTS

Opera House FINAL SCREENINGS: •‘THE SHINING HOUR.” Very modern in its plot and problems "The Shining Hour," which will be. finally screened at the Opera House to-day and to-night, comprises the season’s most, brilliant cast, Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullivan, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas and Fay Bainter, and moving against a background changing from the glamour of New York’s night life to the sweep of. the farmland of the mid-west. Through this is traced a love story of a girl who marries to escape her surroundings, only to discover that she is faced with a situation far more hazardous, involving not only her own life, but those of four others. NEXT ATTRACTION: "THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES.” The most amazing array of stellar talent ever assembled in a single production is presented in Samuel Goldwyn’s magn’ficent Technicolour musical extravaganza, “The Goldwyn Follies,” which commences at the Opera House to-morrow for a season of three matinees and three nights Drawing from every field of entertainment to augment a screen cast headed by Adolphe Menjou, The Ritz Brothers, Andrea Leeds, Ella Logan, J'erome Cowan and the Gorgeous Goldwyn Girls, the producer- secured radio’s Edgar Bergen and "Charlie McCarthy,” Phil Baker and KennyBaker; grand opera’s Helen Jepson and Charles Kullman. The first entertainment in his 25 years of picture-making' to carry his name, "The Goldwyn Follies" also marks Goldwyn’s swing to the colour standard. The story, a comedy of Hollywood from' the pen of Ben Hecht casts Menjou as a film producer out of touch with his public who hires a typical American girl (in the person of Andrea Leeds) to tell him what that public wants, and here it is, the first filmusical lover to combine singing and dancing and comedy, with a human interest story you will take to your heart, gloriously filmed in technicolour. NOW SHOWING: TWO EXCELLENT FEATURES: “BOOLOO” AND “IN OLD SANTE FE” “In Old Santa Fe” —Gene Autry heads a splendid cast of old favourites Including "Windy” Hayes, Ken Maynard, Smiling Burnette, H. B. Warner and Evalyn Knapp. In this story of the modern Dude Ranch the hero rides int o town with thrills, romance, songs and blood-tiligling adventure woven about the historic Santa Fe trail, with its glorious mountains, golden sunsets and vast expanse of prairie. “In Old Santa Fe” is a picture outstanding in all departments, and one that will appeal to all types of audiences. ATTRACTION NO. 2 “BOOLOO.” “Booloo” has been taken out of the Malayan jungles. It is the kind of picture which causes frequent scatters of applause from an excited audience. Paramount placet! Colin Tapley at the header a small cast, and the Nevy Zealander, who has had too few opportunities, proves that, he was worthy of this chance. The fascination. of “Booloo,” however, lies in the animal life, those amazingly interesting creatures which are trapped or, sometimes unfortunately, shot. You are sorry to see them go, even •the great white tiger, for which Tapley makes the expedition, nnd which is a particularly ferocious specimen. There is excitement of another sort, as Tapley, furtively watched from behind bushes by hostile Saki tribes, establishes wireless contact with the outpost, and thence with his sweetheart in England. In the midst of this dramatic conversation, the Saki tribes (apparently knowing a thing or two about radio), destroy the transmitting equipment, am? Kill one of Tapley’s servants, causing the rest of his staff to desert, and leave him alone in the jungle. Colin Tapley does a great job of work, and is assisted by Jayne Regan, Mamo Clark. and Ivan Simpson. -