AMUSEMENTS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 88, 23 March 1931, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATRE TO-NIGHT

“SARAH AND SON”

That an impoverished woman can lift herself from the depths of insignificance to the heights of personal successs and luxury, is the theme of “Sarah and Son,” Paramount’s powerful romance-drama which furnishes the main feature of entertainment at the King’s Theatre to-night. Ruth Chatterton plays the role of Sarah, the struggling young vocalist

who, fired with ambition to provide ease and the fine things 'of life for her young son, becomes a great operatic star. Miss Chatterton is remembered for her gripping portrayals in “Charming Sinners,’ “Madame X,” and “The Laughing Lady.” BAND CONCERT The concert given by the Band at the Town Hall last ngiht was weir attended and the collection amounted to £5 Is. At the quickstep exhibition given in Victoria Park yesterday afternoon the collection realised £3 5s Gd. At both functions the Band acquitted itself very creditably indeed and won golden opinions from those who attended the performances. Assisting artists at the concert in the evening were Miss Massey, Messrs. Aitken, Bellringer, Hook and Pollock. Mrs. Harris was unable to lie present owing to illness. ’ Miss Massey sang "Ave Maria” and; "Down in the Forest”; Mr. Aitken, “Bedouin Love Song'; Mr. Bellringer, “When Song is' Sweet”; Mr. Hook, “Nirvana”; Mr. Pollock, “Bneath My Window.”

The baud played:—March, “Westward, Ho”; hymn, “Abide With Me”; selection, “Recollections of Verdi”; hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee”; march, “Victoria.” ' ' Miss Beryl Masters accompanied the singers on a piano which the council would do well to put on the scrapheap. Accomplished musicians should not •be asked tq play qrt this instrument, nor singers to sing to it.