AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1931, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

<VERYBODYS PICTURES. GRAND vaudeville bill. “ELSTREE CALLING.” TO-NIGHT AND” THURSDAY. “Elstree Calling.” the British International first big vaudeville production will be presented at the Princess Theatre 'to-night and Thursday. “Elstree Calling? ’ Is a cleverly-directed .sequence of .splendid' variety turns linked by wireless announcer, and television devices. Well-balanced comedy, burlesque, dancing, singing and patter interluded follow one another in quick succession and the comedy is- rich. As a stage revile, “Elstree Calling” is one of the most satisfactory pictures yet presented. The cast is as follows: --Will F.vffe, Scotch comedian • Lily Morris, comedienne; Teddy Brown and His Famous Band; The Three Eddies, in their Lightning" Song and Dance Act; Helen Burnell, dancer; Balalaika Ballads; The Chariot Girls, in song and dance; Jack Hulbert, in excerpts from the great vaudeville success, “The House that Jack Built”; Cecily Courtneidge and full company singing and dancing (theme song “Pve Fallen in Love”); The Berkhoffs, 'Whirlwind Russian Dancers; Gordon Harker, the Cockney Comedian with the World’s Worst Wireless Set; Tommy Handley, comedian, “M;r King at the Microphone”; Donald .Oalthrop and Anna. May Wong, in Their great Shakespearean Burlesque, “The, Taming of the Shrew.” f‘