OPERA HOUSE.

Wairarapa Age, 7 April 1931, Page 2

OPERA HOUSE.

“ROUGH ROMANCE,” TO-MORROW. Romance and adventure ride high in “Rough Romance,” Fox Movietone all-talking drama of the north woods which opens to-morrow night at the Opera House. Directed by A. F. Erickson and featuring George O’Brien, Helen Chandler, Antonio Moreno and Noel Francis, “Rough Romance,” paints the first vivid picture of life as it is lived in the forests and lumber camps of the north since the advent of • the talking picture. OBrien is convincing in the role or a dashing young lumberjack, while Miss Chandler ably portrays the lovely daughter of a fur trader in an isolated forest post. Others in the well-chosen cast include such well-known personalities as David Hartford, Harry Cording, Roy Stewart, Eddie Borden and Frank of the talking picture. O’Brien is Lanning. Box plans are now open at Vare COMMENCING ON FRIDAY. “THE LAST OF THE DUANES” & “SOUP TO NUTS” George O’Brien is featured in “The Last of the Duanes” which comes to the Opera House for three nights, commencing on Friday. This vivid alltalking romance is adapted from Zane Grey’s popular western novel “The Lpne Star Ranger.” George O’Brien plays the role of Buck Duane, handsome and daring young outlaw. Being an outlaw means eternal vigilance, no homd, no rest, no content; always on the dodge, alone and haunted by the thought that he is a marked man. And siuch was the existence of young Buck after he killed his father’s cowardly assassin, but the sweetness of life comes to him finally in the love of a beautiful girl. Screening in. conjunction with the “Last of the Duanes” is the Fox Movietone comedy “Soup to Nuts.” In this broad farce and bright comedy vie with an appealing love story for the entertainment honours. Ted Healy, Stanley Smith and Frances McCoy are featured. Bos plans open Thursday at Vare’s.