AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1931, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT AND TUESDAY. “COME BACK TO ERIN’’. MORTON DOWNEY HAS FINE • SINGING ROLE. Apparently destined to achieve big things on the dialogue and singing screen, Morton Downey, Broadway’s golden-voiced tenor,, is seen to excellent advantage in his Pathe star dialogne picture., “Come Back to Erin” which will be seen and heard at the Pi incess Theatre to-night and Tuesday. Mr Downey has the role of an Irish stable boy in this delightful screen creation. He love s dainty Lady Mary Cardigan, played by Betty Lawford, and how he wins her makes highly enjoyable entertainment. Halliwell Hobbes, a well-known English Shakesperian actor; is seen as the Earl of Balkeiry, and Colin Keith-Johnston, a British player ,of fine ability, is cast in the villian’s role. Other stage players in the east include J. M. Kerrigan, Mackenzie .Ward, Elizabeth Murray, Sonia Karlov and others. The production wag directed by Kenneth Webb under the supervision of Robert T. Kane, producer. The'scenes'of the picture are laid l in Ireland and New York, and the story concerns the love romance of a girl of ; fh'e nobility and a stable boy with a. golden- voice. The supporting players are notable artists. Good sup-: l porting; programme.' ~ Prices 2/10, 1/6, children 6d downstairs.