AMUSEMENTS.
EVKRYBODYS PICTURES.
“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 dialogue picture, “Come Back to Erin” which will be seen and heard at the Princess Theatre to-night (Tuesday).
Mr Downey has the role of an Irish stable boy in, this delightful scrcon creation. He loves dainty Lady Mary Cardigan, played by Betty Lawtord, and how he wins her makes highly enjoyable entertainment. Halliwell Hobbes, a well-known English Shakesperian actor, is seen as the Earl of Balkerry, and Colin Keith-Johnston a British player of fine ability, is ‘ cast in the villian’s role. Other stage players in the cast include J. M. Kerrigan, Mackenzie Ward, Elizabeth Murray, Sonia Karlov and others. The production was directed by Kenneth Webb under the .supervision of Robert T. Kane, producer.
The scenes of the .picture are laid in Ireland and New' York, and/ the story concerns the' love romance, of a girl of. .&© . nobility and a stable boy with a golden, voice. The supporting players are notable artists. Good supporting programme. Prices 2/10, 1/6, children 6d downstairs.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1931, Page 3
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