GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1929, Page 6

GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

Featuring Charles Rogers, Mary Brian, Wallace Beery, and June Collyer, "The River of Romance," an all-talking production, is being screened at tho Grand Opera House. Adapted from "Magnolia" by Booth Tarklngton, the story, one of chivalry in tho Southern States of America In the early days, revolves round Tom Rumford. Returning homo after a long absence in Philadelphia, young Rumford falls in love with his father's ward, Elvira letters, whilst her sister Lucy falls In love with him. Ma^or Patterson, an old lover of Elvira's, turns up to assert his claim to her hand, and challenges Tom to a duel, but the latter, not knowing the ways of the South, . laughs it off as a joke, and in consequence Is branded as a coward. He falls In with a very tough saloonkeeper. General Orlando Jackson, and. In a flght, knocks out Captain Blackio, considered to be tho worst "bad-man" of tho district. Tom then assumes the namo of Colonel Blake. Later Jackson and Blake return to look for the man who has robbed Tom's father of hi 3 fortune and In his new rolo he makes the flory Patterson eat out of his hand, and wins tho hand of Lucy, who soon recognises him, so all ends well. In support are "Hot Lemonade,'' an hilarious comedy, starring Loulso Fazenda, and Pathe and Movietone Gazettes.

•'ABIE'S IRISH ROSE,

Nancy Carroll sings two clever songs in the sound picture, "Abie's Irish Rose," which will commence screening at tho Grand Opera House on Friady. They are "Rosemary" and "Little Irish Rose," the themo numbers to that picture. "Abie's Irish Rose" Is one of the first sound synchronised pictures, featuring a brilliant music score, some talking by Jean Hersholt. and two lilting song numbers by Nancy Carroll. The play tells of a romance between 'I,™, 1. 5, 11 y?uth and an Irl3h SM, and their difficulties in winning the consent of their parents In getting married. It has a deep pathos as well as light humour and dramatic sequences. "Abie's Irish Kose" is not a farce comedy, nor is It a heavy drama. Paramount is responsible for tho translation of "Abie" from the. stage to the silver shoet, as well as equipping it with quality sound. A beautiful musical score was written for the picture by J. S. Zamecnlk t who has won world-wido fame as a composer. The unusual cast that was assembled for tho various roles includos Jean Hersholt, as Solomon Levy; Charles Rogers of "Wings'- fUma, as Abie, his son; Nancy Carroll as Bosemary; J. Farrell MacDonaJd as the Irish father j Bernard Gorccy and Ida Kramer as the- Cohons; CamlUus Pretal as the Rabbi; Nick Cogley as the Irish priest: and Rosa Rosanova as Sarah, tho deaf housekeeper In. thq Levy homo.