AMUSEMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20875, 29 August 1942, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

Majestic.—“ Gaucho Serenade” and “Frisco Lil” conclude to-night. Monday’s special holiday programme includes the latest Britisi comedy riot, "Old Mother Riley in Busi ness,” starring the world-famous “Dame,' Arthur Lucan. "Reg'lar Fellers” is anothei comedy hit starring “Alfalfa,” of “Ou; Gang” fame. An added stage attractioi for the 1.30 sessions only is'Maureen Kcany'i "Kiddie Revue,” featuring 50 kiddies ii, colourful Song and dance numbers.

King’s.—Out of the pages of Richnri Llewellyn’s best-seller “How Green Was Mj ’/alley,” which commenced at the King’s Theatre yesterday, starring Walter Palneon, Donald Crisp and Maureen O’Hara, comes the red-blooded story of everyday people, the story of human courage, of un forgettable moments of a man who dared not love, of a boy who found his faith in the shining light of a man’s eyes, of a people who lived in song and laughter.

Regent.—Proving that the appeal of :i lender and genuine romance strikes as much of a responsive chord as it ever did with notion ■ picture “fans,” Metro-Goldwyn-Majfer’s "Smilin' Through,” starring Jeanette MacDonald and Brian Aherne, with Gene Raymond, opened yesterday at the Regent Theatre, to an enthusiastic audience. «iue ballads are interpreted by Mibs MacDonald, who, photographed in Technicolour in the romantic setting of old England, was never seen to better advantage.