ENTERTAINMENTS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 58, Issue 4191, 31 May 1939, Page 12

ENTERTAINMENTS

COMMENCING TO-NIGHT. “THE STORM.” A real live outdoor picture full of virility, is “The Storm,” which heads • r - bill at the local Kegent Theatre ..lie programme commencing tonight. Charles Bickford, Barton MajLane, and Andy Devine have important roles, and this should be sufficient to ensure good patronage, for alt three are popular and talented. With them are Nan Grey, Frank Jenks, and Toni Brown, and when we say that “The Storm” is classed as second only to “Spawn of the North” it is an indication of its worth. AT THE EMPIRE. COMMENCING TO-NIGHT. “CONDEMNED ' WOMEN.” Popular and versatile Sally Eilers is the principal contributor to the absorbingly interesting story “Condemned Women,” which is the feature of the current programme at the local Empire Theatre. With her are Louis Hayward; Anne Shirley, Lee Patrick and George Irving, so that there is a very capable cast. “Condemned Women” has to do with life in a women’s prison, and it is apt y described as a sensational drama of hearts in bondage. Women in that prison live in a torture of hate and fear, as a heedless world moves on. “Condemned Women” is a R.K.O. Radio picture that should be seen by iT adults.

PERRY BROS’ CIRCUS AND ZOO. Coming by special trains and opening in Te Awamutu on Tuesday and Wednesday June 6 and 7, for two nights and one matinee only, Perry Bros’ present their now modern circus of 50 international stars, together with their mammoth zoo of 18 cages of wild animals and herd of elephants. This year sees Perry Bros’ at the height of their popularity. No circus ever had a greater number of stars. iO’ Europe Ferry Bros' have imtec. a new team of Continenta. clowns and dummies, who are introducing’ the funniest, fastest most uproarious comedy to ever hit the sawdust ring. Abundant nroof that this scheme of entertainment has won the hearts of their audie"nces, has been the ever-increasing attendances wherever they have appeared. Crowds attend every night. From generation to generation this policy has been handed down and the present generation of the Perrys (the .hird) are proud to say that the motto of 70 years’ standing is still the same —Nothing But The Best. Perry Bros’ is a show that you can see again and again, so full it is of joyous novelty and originality. Whilst Perry Bros’ circus is an amusement enterprise it is also an educational institution of importance and value. No other organisation can offer such a collection of wild animals from all parts of the universe, making Perry Bros’ the largest travelling Zoo in Australia and New Zealand. This mammoth Zoo will be open from 4 to 5 P.M. for the feeding of the wild animals. There will be a special matinee on Wednesday at 2.39 P.M. The huge marquees will be located in Arawata Street, near Selwyn Park.