TUDOR THEATRE

Waikato Independent, Volume XLI, Issue 3893, 18 August 1941, Page 5

TUDOR THEATRE

“WUTHERING HEIGHTS” / ., f?I RET{IRNS : * ntAMpRROW AND WEDNESDAY > Scrccniug gt the Tudor Theatre tomorrow and Wednesday for a return season will be “Wuthering Heights,” in which the leading players; are Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier and David Niven. The story of “Wuthering Heights” unfolds on the wild and desolate moors of Yorkshire. It is a tale of a high-spirited, . quick-tempered, beautiful girl, who is loved madly by two men—one, half-gypsy and half-gentleman, the other rich and well born. Merle Oberon, playing Cathy, is desperately in love with Laurence Olivier, playing Heathcliff. . But the glittering wealth and esteemed social position of Edgar Linton, portrayed by David Niven, leads the girl into an unhappy romance. The strange three-cornered love story is told with dramatic impact, sweeping romance and in terms of stark human emotions, mysteriously influenced by the desolate moors.

Among the many lavish sets built for the picture are included an old English manor house, the beautiful home of the wealthy Lintons— Thrusticross Grange, a lavishly brilliant ballroom of 19th Century England and a typical farmhouse of the period. Tonight’s programme includes “Mr and Mrs Smith,” starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery, and “The Invisible Woman,” with Virginia Bruce in the leading role.